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Our day started up at Castle Town and we walked through security into the Royal Palace, watched the changing of the guard then entered St Vitus Cathedral (only took 1000 years to finish it!). This also has great views of the city and Vltava river.
Next we walked across the Czech bridge to the Jewish quarter and down to Old Town square, just in time to watch the astronomical clock chime 11 (apostle comes out and statue switches sceptre from one hand to the other).
Spent a bit of time looking around before our lunch cruise - another great feed (ham, chicken, fried cheese, potato cakes, pasta, veggies, salad, etc. with chocolate meringue dessert and ice cream. Drinks were shots of Becherovka, wine and beer. The cruise took us past Charles Bridge, the weir, an old castle, the brewery, church with modern spires, the dancing house (Fred & Ginger), then into the lock, National Theatre, the Metronome, angels on bridge, dragons with breasts, Convent of St Anne (with separate churches for nuns and monks), restaurant boat with its own microbrewery), Budweiser Hotel boat, old checkpoint and then back to dock.
More souvenir shopping in the Old Town before going back to hotel and the usual drinks. Dinner was at the Chinese restaurant next door. More drinks after dinner and it ended up being another late night!
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