Prague Day 3

We rammed more in today than we planned cos it looks like it might be raining tomorrow. I am therefore absolutely exhausted typing this so don't judge any typos!

We had planned to be at the castle by 9 to beat the crowds but we failed. We were still out reasonably early but not that early. Our first stop was a great coffee shop called Republica Coffee where k had coffee and a croissant with cream cheese and jam and I had a chai latte.

I wasnt ready to eat yet but got a freshly baked danish pastry and 2 apples from a supermarket for later and it cost about 60p!

We got all day tickets today and we definitely made the most of them. We jumped on a tram up to the castle and soon arrived to face massive queues. The castle grounds are actually free but you have to queue to get through security. You then have to queue again to buy tickets if you want to go into buildings. We went for the B level ticket which got us into about 5 different buildings for about £9. The cathedral is the most popular building and is beautiful. Top tip - you can actually go into the cathedral for free and take photos of the main hall, you just can't go round all the chapels. I thought it was worth the money but if you are on a budget or in a rush you could deffo enjoy yourself for free.

Post-cathedral we splashed out and had an al fresco hot chocolate and sacher torte right next door at the most overpriced place but it was worth it for the view.

The other building we went in were good too but it was sooooooo crowded by this time, massive tour groups everywhere. We enjoyed the views one last time and headed down the hill via a vineyard. Lots of photos were taken!

At the bottom we walked round and saw another Cerny sculpture, this one has 2 naked men peeing into a map of the Czech Republic. If you text a number they will pee your message apparently which is weird.

We had a lateish lunch at StreetBurger Bistro and it was incredible. I had a bacon cheese burger and K had a goats cheese salad and we shared chips. It was honestly the best burger I've had in a long time. I could eat it again tomorrow. It was also very reasonably priced considering it's location.

After that we came back to the apartment to regroup before heading out to see the Dancing House- it was good to see it but it def wasn't my favourite building I've seen. We jumped on a tram up to Wenceslas Sq but jumped back off again a stop later cos we saw a couple of sculptures similar to the hanging Freud one and we wanted to check them out.

We were soon back on the tram up to the square where we really wanted to see the upside down horse Cerny sculpture and it didn't disappoint. We'd seen a tip on Honest Guide about a cafe in a bookshop on the square with local prices and a 1st floor balcony over the square and it didn't let us down. We had a couple of drinks and a cake to share for a few pounds, the view was great and it wasn't even busy!

Our next trip was metro ride to see the TV tower. We were disappointed to find that the crawling babies are no longer on the side but it was amazing regardless! We also discovered incredibly difficult mini golf in TV Tower Park so we had to give it a go. It was so so hard but I'd defo recommend it. The important thing is that I won.

We then headed back to the castle side of the river to Kampa Park where the crawling babies now live, the are giant and creepy but I'm delighted we saw them. It was a twofer cos the Cerny yellow penguin sculpture is in the park too. There was an event on in the park with live music and lots of stalls so we hung about for a while and we had some delicious raspberry lemonade.

We walked back to the apartment to freshen up before dinner but we took a wee detour to see a final Cerny, his weird lit up embryo sculpture on a dark hidden corner.

Our dinner tonight was Mexican at Las Adelitas just off Old Town Square. It was the most touristy place we've eaten but the food was great and it was very reasonably priced so that is a win. They did do that annoying thing where they charged my card in pounds so ended up costing more but it was still well priced. We shared tortilla chips with 2 salsas, potato filled flautas and chicken enchiladas with rice and beans and every item was delicious. I had a couple of tequila cocktails and K went wild with a died coke!

After dinner it was quite late and we're old and exhausted so we just came back to the apartment to chill.