I love how relatively inexpensive everything in Prague is compared to the rest of Western and Central Europe. For two nights in a row, we’ve been able to have nice 3-course dinners for two with drinks for under $25 (about the same cost as soup, salad, and breadsticks + a drink at the Olive Garden).

Today, we visited some of the main tourist sights in downtown Prague. We started our day at Old Town Square where we gawked at the famous Astronomical Clock for a while (but always managed to be just out of sight whenever the hour struck). Next, we headed across the Charles Bridge and hiked up the Prague Castle. The castle (despite its name) is not really a castle as much as a collection of buildings within some walls. Valerie has been looking forward to seeing castles all trip and I think she was disappointed by this non-castle castle. Before leaving the castle area, we stopped by the Lobkowicz Museum, which details the long and somewhat tragic history of the House of Lobkowicz. (If you are planning to visit Prague Castle and the Lobkowicz Museum, you can buy a discounted ticket package at the Lobkowicz Museum if you don’t mind going through the castle in the reverse direction as everyone else.)