Dobrý den!

That's 'hello' in Czech...we were in Prague about 3 weeks ago and really enjoyed our stay. We traveled again with our friends Libby and Scott and I think we all agreed that Prague was one of the more unique cities we've all traveled to so far. There was just enough to see and do, but not too many touristy things, so that you felt like you could really experience the culture.

We started off our first day there again just exploring, venturing into a hidden lunch spot that served great local food, walking through Old Town and across Charles Bridge and just relaxing in a pub with some Budweiser Budvar (yes, that's a different Bud than we're all familiar with!) before we had to get ready for dinner.

Now dinner that night...this was definitely one of the highlights of the trip. We went to one of the top five restaurants in Prague called The Santa Klara and had an incredible experience. The restaurant is built within the hillsides of a vineyard and it's been rumored that Brangelina were even there a few months back. ;)

The next day we went to Prague Castle and the area around it...including St. Nicholas church, the views from its tower, the castle itself, Golden Lane (a renovated street where iron workers used to reside), and relaxing in the castle courtyard.

The last day we were there we just hung out in Old Town Square again having lunch in beer tent and hunting around for some souvenirs--bohemian crystal, nesting dolls, and marionettes are quite popular there--we ended up with a crystal bowl and one nesting doll designed with traditional local colors and symbols.

Was a nice way to end the trip (before I had to travel straight to Munich for work, and Conrad had to wait in the airport for 7 hours because all BA flights were really delayed due to the snow in London that day!)...

Easter in Venice

Well this posting is long overdue, so we'll make this short and sweet. We spent Easter in Venice-it was Conrad's first time there and my second (I had been before with my best girlfriends in college one Spring Break). We traveled there with our friends Libby and Scott. Below is a picture of the four of us sharing a boat ride from the airport to our apartment, a view of The Rialto Bridge from our boat ride, as well as a lit up gondola we passed by on our way to dinner that night:

The next day we woke up to explore the rest of the city. The apartment we were staying in wasn't too far from The Rialto Bridge so we crossed that every day, going in and out of nearly every store in it, catching the view of the Grand Canal from it quite often, as well as hitting up the Rialto food market now and again.

We made it to St Mark's Square later that day and then Murano Island the next day to check out the blown glass for which it's famous:

Then on Easter Sunday we managed to take a gondola ride through some smaller canals and into the Grand Canal, and ended the evening (and the trip pretty much) with bellinis at Harry's Bar followed by a lovely dinner at Cipriani's Fortuny restaurant.

Another great trip!