We decided the best way to see Prague was to do a tour (since we didn't really know much about the buildings or history ourselves), so we ended up paying a tour guide to take us around for 4 hours. With the student price, it was well worth it, and we joined up with a bunch of other Americans and saw pretty much all of the Prague highlights.
We started at the Prague Castle and the church up on the hill, making our way back down, across the Charles bridge, and toured around old town, Jewish town, and hitting all of the "major" buildings. It was a nice way to get a feel for the city, and the weather was sunny and beautiful, so we enjoyed the day.
After the end of the tour, we decided to visit a few more places, like the Frank Ghery building. We ended up walking around for a while and only went back to the hostel for a few hours to shower and get ready for the evening.
We were hoping to catch a "ghost tour" at 8pm, but for whatever reason, there was no one at the meeting point, even though we were early! So, we decided to hang out in the old time square and watch the Euro 2008 games (Holland vs. Italy), which was tons of fun.
At 9:30, we put our new knowledge of the Prague city transit to use and made our way to a pub recommended by my dad. It was definitely cool to sit in a place where my dad had had drinks a long time before (when it was still the Eastern block). Sadly it wasn't as crowded as usual, because everyone was out watching soccer.
At the end of the evening we walked back across the Charles bridge to get the views of Prague at night. With the Prague Castle and Cathedral all lit up, it looked like we were living in a fairy tale. Absolutely beautiful.
After a LONG day of walking around, we enjoyed getting back to the hostel after midnight and just relaxing in our beds reading and planning out the next day.
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