We left Berlin this morning and took a 5 hour train ride to Prague. We were able to sit in first class which allowed us to be in a private compartment with a couple of other folks. The compartments reminded me of those Harry Potter met Ron and Hermione in the first year on the Hogwart’s Express. For the first half of the ride we shared the compartment with some nice folks from Canada. Tom thoroughly enjoyed talking to them about politics. Only if you could have been there too Todd! The Canadians got off at a stop in Germany, where then we were joined by a mother and her teenager. They didn’t speak English, so the conversation in our compartment went down significantly. The scenery on this trip was just beautiful. It was the most scenic of the train rides thus far. It was a lot more hilly, super green, and the leaves were changing colors. Most of the scenery we had seen prior to this really just looked like you were driving through Wisconsin. When we arrived in Prague we went to the tourist information center to pick up our Prague Welcome Card that I had pre-bought and there they helped us find a hotel as well. We are staying at a very nice hotel called Old Prague Hotel for just €85/night. This by far is the biggest room with a very nice bathroom and a hair dryer! Wish I would have taken pictures of our hotels in London and Paris to show the differences. It once again is a bit rainy and cold day so besides eating a nice dinner, we’re not planning on doing much else tonight. Tomorrow we’re planning on taking a 6-hour all-inclusive tour of Prague that will include a lunch in a midieval restaurant dating from the 15th century and a 40 minute boat trip. We sure hope the weather cooperates. We will have two full days in Prague before we move on to Zurich. We already made our train reservations for Tuesday and that will be another all day travel day with not getting to Zurich until after 8:00p.m. Maybe I should really look for a hotel in advance this time!
