Day 6, from Benesov to Prague
Thursday, May 28, 2015
It is just a little more then fourty kilometer to Prague and we could check in
at the Botel (Boot-Hotel) at one o'clock so there was no need to hurry.
So after a lousy breakfast with bad coffee in the hotel, we went into town to
get a good cup of morning-coffee and see downtown Benesov.
We found a small cafe in downtown Benesov, where we had a fine cappuccino.
A fine cappuccino
Next to the entrance of a bank were two statues, both clearly from the sovjet
period.
Sovjet period statue
In the same street as the hotel was a big wall painting on a building, very
impressive. Look how the lines of the building merge with the painting !
A beautiful painting
After our walk through Benesov, we went back to the hotel and had another
cappuccino in the restaurant of the hotel and at eleven o'clock, we checked out,
got on out bikes and left the parking of the hotel.
The first thing we did was finding a gas station and with our tanks full, we
went to Prague.
The first part of the trip to Prague was on quiet roads through nice villages but
the closer we came to Prague, the more traffic was on the roads. It took us an hour
to get to Prague and another hour to get to the hotel through the busy traffic
in Prague.
Quiet roads near Benesov....
... and busy traffic in Prague
It was almost one o'clock when we parked our bikes close to the main entrance,
under the stairway, to Botel Albatros.
Our bikes at Botel Albatros
The Botel has a nice "nautic" theme, with a lot of wood and copper and the rooms
are small but comfortable.
The entrance of the Botel
After we unloaded our motorcycles, we changed from motorcycle clothes to walking
clothes and went sightseeing in Prague.
Via the Charles Bridge (Karluc Most) we walked to the Prague castle on the hill.
Prague castle on the other side of the river Moldau
The entrance tower of the Charles Bridge
The crucifix on the center of the bridge
A lot of people on the bridge, like this lady, who was making soap bubbles
A street artist with a guitar playing puppet
A car from a Thai Massage shop (No, I did not get a Thai massage today)
An old tram (there are a lot of modern tram too)
We walked all the way up to the Prague Castle but it was worth it. The view over
the city was marvelous.
Prague as seen from the Prague Castle
A nice building
The statue of an agressive guy.....
Changing of the guard
In the Prague Castle is the St Vitus Cathedral, an impressive building
inside and outside.
In the St Vitus Cathedral
The St Vitus Cathedral
I guess they do some restauration here ?
Another nice building of the Prague Castle
A beautiful big courtyard
I do not know what this guy wanted but he made a lot of noise
There are a lot of organised Segway tours in Prague
Street artists, playing very good jazz
A pedalo in the shape of a swan
"Ginger and Fred" building or "the dancing house"
There were a lot of pedalos on the Moldau
Prague is really a beautiful city
A little after five in the afternoon, I saw a nice terace on the bank of the
Moldau so we went there and had a nice cold beer, while looking at the pedalos
in the river and the nice scenery.
A view from behind our beer 
After a while, we walked on in the direction of our Botel but first we wanted to
have dinner. We found Restaurace Tkaicovsky Dvur. The tables were on a roof of a
building so we had a nice view. The Czech food was very nice and after dinner we
had a espresso before we went to the hotel.
Eating at Restaurace Tkaicovsky Dvur
From the restaurant, we walked to what is probably the most narrow street in
Europe. It is so narrow that there are traffic lights because it impossible to pass
another person in this street.
A very narrow street
Almost half an hour later, we came back at the Botel and before we went to our
rooms for the night, we had a cup of coffee in the restaurant on the boat.
The Botel Albatros in the Moldau
We have seen and done a lot this day and enjoyed it very much. Tomorrow we will
visit the old city center.
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