Prague by Night

Karen and I signed up for a tour of Prague by bus and river boat. The Vlatava river flows right through Prague.

Here are some pictures from the tour and our walk back at night from the boat.

We took the tour on a Friday evening. The bus part was pretty lame but we didn't mind. The boat part is what we were really interested in. The bus dropped us off at the dock where our boat left from. We didn't get any pics of the boat though.. too bad. There were about 40 people on the boat. We got a little glass of a Czech aperitif, I think it was Becherovka. We had to pay for drinks which were priced outrageously compared to other places that sold drinks. Not surprising I guess. The boat floated along the river. A guide who spoke English, Italian, and Czech gave bits of info about stuff we saw along the way. He had a funny way of speaking.. "Here you see so and so.. mmmm. And now you see why blah is so... mmmmm". It's like a person giving a speech saying "umm.. uh" alot when pausing between sentences or something. But this guy added on a "mmm", sort of in a questioning manner to end every phrase. Maybe you had to be there.

The boat had to go through a lock at one point. That was fun to watch. Four or six boats can fit in the lock. They line up in side by side in pairs. Our boat was next to last in the lock. The last boat came flying in but glided right in and stopped without bumping the boat in front. But I guess someone forgot to tie up the boat inside the lock because it swung out and bumped our boat pretty hard. Hard enough to cause drinks to slide on tables a little. The guide started cracking Titanic jokes. I would of added that in case of emergency, please finish your drink and look for a life vest. There was no "safety" presentation when the tour started, so I actually had no idea where any vests were. But I did know where my beer was at all times.

There was also a buffet style dinner included in the tour. It was nothing special. But they did have good chicken nuggets and some kind of ball shaped fried bread thingies. And, rare for Czech food, steamed mixed veggies that were actually good!

The tour last about 3 hours. About 1/3-1/2 of that was spent waiting to get in and through the lock. Overall it was nice trip because you got to see some sights from the water. But at night it was hard to see stuff. I wouldn't suggest doing this unless you really want to. Maybe a different tour company would give different results.