Prague Day 1

Had a good sleep in today. I think Micky P and Emma are used to pretty relaxed mornings so that suits me fine. We have go a whole week here so should have enough time to do everything we want (famous last words). We planned to go and check out the Jewish quarter today but got sidetracked pretty early on with a tasty hotdog. It was 60 Czech Kronar, whatever the hell that is in normal money. I think it is cheap. Emma bought some ham and potato cabbage thing that seemed quite expensive in comparison but it was pretty good also. We then went for a wander and came across this clock:

Which does stuff on the hour. It also tells the astronomical time which I have always wanted to know. The actual doing stuff part was pretty tacky. A whole lot of wee figurines dance around and shit. Kinda weird. Maybe there is a story behind it all. We went to an information center to find out about free walking tours. Maybe they will tell us about the crazy little figures that dance on the clock.

We then continued our wander and saw the metronome up on the hill so decided to check it out. See a picture below:

The view from up on the hill was pretty good, but the metronome itself was a bit strange. The power cable to it was festooned with shoes which was a nice touch. It was really noisy and didn't look very elegant but is probably a big step up from what was there before: a statue of Stalin.

To find out more about walking tours we headed off (on a very roundabout way I might add) to the use it shop. Along the way I took this photo:

Which is pretty much exactly the same as one I have seen on the internet before in one of those "top ten wacky shit" things. Hilarious that I never knew that it was in Prague until we stumbled across it. We got our walking tour information and headed to a pub for a well deserved (yeah right) beer. Flag the Jewish quarter, there is beer to be drunk! I think it was 28 Ckr for 500ml which converts to 1.75 NZD. Not bad beer either. At another pub we got a plate of "chips" which, as it turns out, is very thinly cut potato that have been deep fried. Very tasty. On the way home I had one of my more enjoyable supermarket experiences while we tried to figure out what the hell everything was. I think we came away with what we needed... A lot of random beers apparently.