We had a luxurious sleep-in and then spent some time catching up on e-mails, future travel plans, and - of course - the blog. This hostel, The Boathouse, has breakfast from 8:00 to 12:00, as well as laundry service, so we were definitely enjoying our stay.

Around noon, we caught a tram back to the Old Town area, enjoying a visit with a Hungarian couple during the journey. After our power walk yesterday, we decided to slow things up and just wander (one of our tour guide's biggest pieces of advice). We first walked along the river. At first glance, we saw debris and garbage along the shoreline, but, moments later, Connor drew our attention to proof that the river is really quite clean. Entire schools of HUGE carp appeared, as well as pike and minnows. Connor lamented his lack of fishing gear.

We walked until we reached Charles Bridge, at which point we noticed that some boat tours departed from there, so we inquired about an excursion. For about 45 dollars Canadian, for all four of us, we could have a 45-minute tour of Prague including a free drink and ice cream or cake. We thought about it and decided it might be fun. The tour ended up being brilliant because - by luck - the big boats were full so we got a tiny one (10 passengers, open air, and low to the water) and a really fun tour guide who gave us the more risque version of our walking tour of the previous day. We saw the building that was used as the American Embassy in Mission Impossible and the bridge where a scene from the second Harry Potter movie was filmed. We saw a cool restaurant on the biggest island on the river where Angelina Jolie had dined a few weeks previously, and the Presidential Suite where Sean Connery, Bill Clinton, and Morgan Freeman stayed (at $4000.00 American dollars per night). Of course, we also got a totally new and different perspective on the Charles Bridge and the skyline of Prague.

After our tour, we resumed walking and stumbled upon a restaurant recommended by yesterday's tour guide. He said it was cheap but authentic. Most of us had a recommended dish from the menu - goulash with bread dumplings for Barry, beef and potatoes for Tessa, and pork with cabbage and potato dumplings for Margaret. Connor, however, had some kind of garlic spaghetti, which - as we are typing this - we can still smell!

We could not resist the great prices of Prague so, after lunch, we bought some shoes. We've been very happy with our walking shoes, but it is nice changing into flip flops and sandals at the end of a hot day.

Back at the hostel, we walked in the river and watched a bizarre volleyball game where players use head and feet to get the ball over the net.

We called it a day after a lovely chicken schnitzel supper and a bloodthirsty game of Monopoly, in which all the cards were in Czech. Barry won after placing four houses each on Vaclavske Namesti and Staromestske Namesti (the equivalent of Park Place and Boardwalk)!

Tomorrow, we head for Germany once more.