Arriving in Prague

Up at 5 this morning. I do hope we get our body clocks adapted soon. It's now 11:15 p.m., and maybe I'll be able to sleep until at least 6 or so.

I have the Classical digital station on the TV, and they're playing music by Antonin Dvorak. Dvorak was a Czech and was born and died in Prague. He's always been one of my favorites.

Our apartment in Prague was in a neighborhood a bit out from the City Center. There were small shops and restaurants nearby, but mostly we had to head to the tram stop to get to visit museums or Old Town or other places we wanted to visit. The apartment is actually the home of a lady who "rents" it to Untours occasionally. She needs the extra income, and moves in with a friend or family while tourists are there.

It was very nice, on the first floor (in Europe, that's what we call the 2nd floor), so only one flight up. There was an elevator, which was great for getting the luggage up and down, but mostly we walked. The space included a large entry hall, living room, full kitchen with eating area, two bedrooms, and one bathroom. Untours furnishes enough food for breakfast the first morning, but we did go out to dinner that first night. The Untours people met us at the airport, got us into a cab to go "home", where another staffer met us to explain the apartment and to give us our transit passes and other information. We did get out for a short trolley ride, and wound up eating at a neighborhood restaurant.

Most of the places have someone who speaks English, as well as menu items listed in English as well as Czech. So it's not hard to get food. One great European custom is posting a menu outside each restaurant. This gives potential patrons a chance to look over the menu and prices to be sure it's where they want to eat.

We got some tentative planning done for the week, and then collapsed to recover from the overnight plane ride.

Today's picture is from our apartment window of the building across the street.