Prague, Czech Republic

Dacha and I enjoying "trdelnik," sweet rolled pastry.

Today didn't start off so well.  It started with us waking up at 5:30 A.M. to catch a train from Berlin, the capital of Germany, to Prague, the capital of Czech Republic. When we got to the station, there was an announcement regarding a delay to our train.  Then another announcement said that the train was delayed for 30 minutes.  Then, 4 delay announcements later, our train was delayed for an hour!!  We were so cold at a near freezing temperature, that we went to get a coffee, but when we came back, we had missed our train, because it actually showed up with "only" a fifty minute delay.  So, after a lot of agrivated gesturing and grunts by somebody in my family whose name starts with "S" and ends with "imonida" (e.i., my mom), we exchanged our tickets for a new train that was also going to Prague an hour later.  Oh, did I mention that the second train was also delayed by about 20 minutes?  But this time we knew not to leave the platform.

My family and I in front of the cathedral in Prague Castle

When we arrived in Prague, we checked into a beautiful old-fashioned hotel, from where we walked to the Old Town Square area, which is full of small, narrow, curvy roads, with many beer pubs and stores selling Bohemia crystal chachkies.

From there, we walked across the famous Charles Bridge over the River Vltava, to visit the Prague Castle with a gigantic cathedral from over 500 years ago.  On our way back from the castle to our hotel, it started snowing and hailing!!!  So it was a tough walk back, but we finally made it back to our hotel!  Even though it is April Fools Day, this was all true.  Here is a selfie of us in front of the cathedral.