Me & Mom in Prague!

     Mommy and I went to Prague in the Czech Republic over Memorial Day Weekend.  We stayed three days.  We arrived late at night and went to our hotel. We stayed at Spa Hotel Caroline.  It was more like an apartment.  There was an eat-in kitchen, a living room, a bedroom, and the toilet and the shower were in different rooms.  We also had a key to the building not just our room.  When we got there we went to bed.

The ceiling in our hotel.

     The hotel had a restaurant but not right at the hotel.  It was right down the street about one block. The first day we went to the restaurant for breakfast.  I had tea and a sausage.  I couldn't cut the sausage because the outside was so thick and I said it beat me.  I asked our landlord (the woman who owned the hotel and also the restaurant) where a specific cafe was located. She said I was too young for coffee but Mommy said I was after the cakes.  So the landlord got up, left and came back with a plate of cakes, two drinks, and a bag of candy.  She also showed us how to get to the zoo. After breakfast Mommy and I went over to the zoo boat. The zoo boat is a boat that takes you directly to the zoo.  The boats are all decorated with animals and different animal themes.  We missed one boat so we got lunch while we waited for the next boat.  Mommy and I both had salads for lunch.  It took a while to get to the zoo on the boat.  When we got there we saw most of the animals.

Three little piggies were sleeping and one wanted in!

Belly Flop polar style!

     Then we went up the ski lift to the rest of the zoo.  The zoo goes up a mountain so you can take a lift to get to the top or you can walk.  We took the lift to the top and then walked down so we could see more animals.  

The lift to the top of the zoo.

     For a snack at the zoo I got a wafer with sugar in the middle.  It was good.  



     After our fun at the zoo, we went back on the zoo boat to the hotel.  We had an early dinner so we could go on the Ghost Tour.  For dinner we went to V Zatisi, which was recommended by a friend.  It had a set menu and also a regular menu.  I picked the Indian menu.  First course I had was the mustard tandoori tiger prawns.  They were REALLY GOOD!!!!  My second course was tandoori chicken.  The third course was Indian lamb lime curry.  My dessert course was baked pineapple and pistachio ice cream.  It all was REALLLLLLLLLLLY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mommy had the V Zatisi degustation menu with four courses of fois gras, turbot, rack of lamb, and creme brulee.  She was very happy with her choices.  Since we had eaten so much good food, we were tired and never made it to the Ghost Tour.  We were able to get back to our hotel though and watch Eurovision!

     On our second day we went to the hotel restaurant and I had a sausage again with tea. I didn't let the sausage beat me this time!  After breakfast, Mommy and I went Old Town.  We saw a Starbucks and we were very happy.  There is no Starbucks in Oslo and Mommy really misses the coffee!  In Old Town we saw the Astronomical Tower. 

Prague's Astronomical Tower

 I thought it was very cool.  There was also a bridal gown photo shoot happening right in front of the Tower.  After we saw Old Town we went to the Powder Tower to meet a tour (the Assassination Tour).  I learned the number three Nazi was killed by an infection caused by a horse hair.  The horse hair ended up inside because some of the shrapnel came through the car seat.   We were there for the 70th anniversary of the assassination.  For dinner we went to Bellevue.  It is part of the same group as V Zatisi.  It also had fixed menus and regular menus.  My first course was homemade ravioli carbonara.  It had a liquid filling and was really good.  The second course was rack of lamb.  It was hard to get the meat off until I bit it.  It was really good too.  The third course was my dessert and I had a chocolate puck.  It was a puck shaped chocolate cake.  It was really good.  I don't remember what Mommy got for her courses, but she did get the tiramsu for dessert.  It was served in a fish bowl.

Mommy's fish bowl tiramsu!

     Our last day in Prague we got up before the hotel's restaurant opened so we went to Starbucks.  Mommy and I then went to the spa at the hotel and got foot massages with pepper peelings.  When the masseur massaged my feet, it tickled.  After the massages we went back to Old Town and went on a horse tour around Old Town and also had lunch.  We had lunch at an open market in the square.  I had pork from a stand that was grilling whole hogs.  Mommy got potato and ham salad.  The food was delish!  Then we went on a boat tour up and down the Vitava River that runs through Prague.   Our boat tour let us off near a really neat hotel and restaurant called Matylda.  It is a botel (boat and hotel) and we had snacks on the deck.  It is right near the Dancing House (aka Fred and Ginger Building).

Can you tell which is Ginger and which is Fred?

   After that we went back to the hotel and packed and then had dinner across the street at Platina.   I had lamb again (can you tell I really, really like lamb).  It was really good.  After dinner we went back to the hotel and waited for the cab.  This was a great way to end a great trip.