I heart Praha

While, its a little behind schedule, I couldn't let this last blog post go unwritten, especially because it's of our favorite town, Prague.  Jon and I were delighted to have a homecoming to this sweet city and to find ourselves feeling like we'd never left. 

We arrived late on Thursday night, so we headed straight to Standa and Dita's apartment, enjoyed a little BBQ and then crashed.  We spent all day Friday exploring the city and visiting some of our favorites.  Here are some of the highlights.

back in old town square

the crazy long escalators of the metro

one of our favorite coffee places...coffee heaven

our very favorite restaurant, hany bany (pronounced honey bunny)

We spent the afternoon at the Veletrzní palác.
This is Prague's modern art museum, and was one of Jon's favorite places to go.

a bike?

photography exhibition

famous muchas

From there, we headed to our old neighborhood, Vinohrady.  But first, we stopped by the hotel that Standa used to work out in Malastrana, and the place where he and Dita first met.

pension dientzenhofer

back at namesti miru, theater in the back ground

on the steps of the old cathedral

our old apartment building, 34 Římská

From there we headed to our favorite park, Riegrovy Sady and had a special snack box prepared for us of Chlebíčky, traditional Czech open face sandwiches, from the best place in town to get them Jan Paukert.

my favorite view of the city from riegrovy sady

yum!

After our little snack we walked around and then hopped on a tram to get dinner!  Standa and Dita did not let us go hungry once!  It was so fun just wandering around, I have so many fond memories just taking walks around the town and stopping as we needed to.  We walked by Dita's office, overlooking the beautiful paradise park.

water feature of paradise park

playing around in the park

on our way to dinner, crossing the charles bridge

and of course, the tram ride home

one last cozy night in standa and dita's apartment

Standa and Dita were such amazing hosts, we felt so lucky to be able to stay with them and spend so much time together!  Hopefully we'll see each other in  another two years!

and of course the sent us off with one last meal, traditional czech breakfast of bread, cheese and meat!  so delicious!

most favorite of all, camembert!

So, this will be last the last post of our travels.  Its been so fun to share it with you all!  Thanks for following along.  Jon and I have arrived safely back in Portland and are readjusting to our lives here.  Stay tuned for our next adventures....