Praha++

There's something undeniably intimidating about being awoken from sleep to the insistant knock of a police officer from another country. That was the pleasant good morning we had as a Czech border agent asked to see and stamp our passports.

Our night train deposited us into Prague (aka Praha) at around 10:30am. After exchanging money, restocking some supplies and checking into our pension, we headed out onto the town.

Prague is awesome! Wikipedia describes it as "Prague is widely considered to be one of the most beautiful cities in Europe" and from what we've seen, that statement is dead on.

Everywhere you walk in the downtown area you're surrounded with a mixture of understated elegance and outright extravagence in building facades and statues. The people appear to be universally friendly, if not a little curious, of tourists and the area is easy to manage despite the alphabet difference. Amidst getting beer in the thick of the Old Square, we spent several hours exploring the Jewish Quarter, the Old Quarter, Charles Bridge, and the general vicinity on the east side of the river.

Tomorrow we will be exploring the castle area and then catching an 8pm night train to Munich!