Put our bags in hold and set off around the newer part of the city heading towards the nearby hills and the Petrin tower a 1/3 19th c replica of the Eiffel tower with impressive views of the Prague skyline.
The fact that wed ascended the 300 narrow steps the wrong way caused some minor consternation with other tourists but ready application of the Aussie snarl soon had them backing off !
From there it was only a short stroll to the beautiful Prague Palace and surrounds with enough history to blow a brain fuse box, coronations, emperors, Popes etc - by contrast our history in Australia is measured by remembering when your football team last won the premiership !
The Prague cathedral in the palace grounds was superb with its high vaulted roofs and full length stain glass windows very much in the Gothic style of the classical Notre Dame In Paris
Lunch was an apple strudel in the Palace cafe overlooking the Prague skyline of spires and gold labelled spheres before we waddled back in the general direction of our hotel
In an incident approaching the scale of the Korean conflict, a taxi decided to try and wipe us both out on a crossing with a green light that lasted one second ! Standing my ground I slammed my fist on to his bonnet while simultaneously remembering a not too remote history of Czech partisans lobbing grenades down Russian tanks ...... exit stage right !!!
With beautifully mild weather we walked the river with locals and tourists alike taking in the afternoon sun before saying goodbye to lovely Prague and taking the red eye special (flying sardine can) back to the UK
Predictably the weather temps plummeted as soon as we crossed the channel arriving at Bristol.
The 2 hour drive to Honiton was very tiring but i was kindly kept awake thanks to Monika .... watch your speed, watch the hedge, watch the corner ... until arriving back in Honiton (minus the girls) at 2.00a.m for the next leg of our trip !
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