Another day in Prague-adise

Prague really is a wonderful city, even with all the mountains of tourists (and yes I am aware of the irony of a tourist complaining about the amount of tourists. But as Tanya pointed out, we are travellers, not tourists. The weather was fantastic, around the 30 degree mark with no clouds. We met up with a German friend who lived in Adelaide for a while and we went on a walking tour of the city. It was really cool just to walk the sidewalks less travelled and witness the beauty of the city. We saw a Synagogue which looked both old and undamaged, both remarkable since Prague was occupied during the war. We tried aimlessly to find a small pub I visited 7 years ago, with endless cries from me of "this looks like it, no, its not" or "oh, I recognise this street, it must be just around the cor... no its not". In the end we didnt find it, which may have been a good thing since it is probably now overpriced like everything else in Prague (and maybe it painted its walls purple too). We found a traditional middle ages band complete with leather clothes and old wooden instruments. They had a big crowd around them and no wonder since they were excellent, playing music that would not be out of place in a Robin Hood film. To finish the afternoon we found ourselves sitting on the river banks, chilling out and contemplating having a go on one of the many paddle boats that were floating up and down stream. In the evening, after watching the sun go down behind the castle, we found a medieval type restaurant that was reasonably priced and had sensational food. The rooms were decorated with real suits of armour and it looked a little like a dungeon. A good end to a great day. Sometimes life is good.