Sunday, May 10, 2015

Prague - Part III

Last day in Prague - how to spend it?  We started the day by riding the funicular railway up the hill to Petrin Park where we climbed the Petrin Lookout Tower (mini  Eiffel tower).


The tower offered a fabulous view of Prague.




As an additional treat, we were able to observe a medieval jousting tournament going on in the park as part of the holiday weekend activities.  Hard day at the office?

Prague was abuzz as the Czech Republic was celebrating their independence and there was also a major international ice hockey tournament going on.  We were up in the tower just in time to see a flyover - three jets followed by helicopters trailing the colors in the Czech flag.

Time to ride the funicular back down.

We took the trolley to the waterfront and boarded a Prague riverboat for a leisurely tour down the river. We enjoyed the beautiful spring day seeing Prague from yet another perspective.

Bob and Janice went in search of the old Jewish cemetery, while we did a little bit more wandering and souvenir shopping.  We met up and went to dinner at a nice place on the river on Stielecky Island.  It was our last chance to enjoy some authentic Czech food.  The dinner wasn't all good, but that's another story.

Flowers like this were all over the place - always a treat.

Tomorrow we part ways with Bob and Janice. It's been fun having them with us to share our adventures. We're heading for Paris, our last stop before heading home.

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