Swindled in Prague!!

We got swindled! We arrived at Holešovice, a train station on the northern part of Prague. We took a taxi there to our hotel. We were suspicious on how the Argo meter was accumulating. Moreover, we weren’t knowledgeable on how many crownes was equivalent to a Euro. The taxi charged us, 951 crownes, which we found later at the hotel was around 40 €. The hotel said it was suppose to have cost 1/3 of that. I guess we learned our lesson. Always ask!

We checked in, settled down and freshened up for a bit. After deciding what kind of food we’d want for dinner, which we picked to be Tex-Mex, we headed out into Prague’s Old Town.








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The Old Town was really old-looking. The streets were all made with stones of various kinds, one kind per street. We walked through the big and small streets, thru a few alleys before we found the restaurant. It was called Red Hot & Blues, not too far from our hotel. It was delicious anyway, even though we found the price to be just the same as the US or other expensive places. But we were treated with a live music, a single-man band with sound similar to John Mayer, passionate in blues and jazz. His collection consisted of some oldies, one such example was a song called “Layla”.









After dinner, we headed out, almost without plan to wherever we thought might be a good destination. We saw the upper parts of a cathedral that was near where we were, so we decided to head in that direction. We passed little shops and café along the way before we came to a huge open plaza called Old Town Square.







We were surrounded with beautiful buildings of churches, cathedrals, museums, a fountain and much more. The cathedral that we used to guide us to the Old Town Square was called Tyn Church.





Across from Tyn Church is the Astronomical Clock tower.





After taking a number of pictures, we chose a street that branched away from the square. We window-shopped along the maze of streets before we found a souvenir shop, where we stopped to purchase items. After I looked at the map to find out our position, we headed back towards our hotel. Tomorrow, we’re going to see as much as we can, for the first time without a tour guide! Good luck to us!