This city is architecturally one of the most fascinating places I have ever been. It has a very strong gothic and medieval influence which is rare since so many comparable cities were destroyed during WWII. 
We stayed at a lovely hostel in a private room and wandered all night and all day. Here are a couple of things that I learned: 
1. It's hard to find a good and honest Prague taxi driver. Just leaving the train station the head taxi guy quoted us 880 Czech koruna (about 60 dollars). Then the tourist info office called a cab for us and quoted 95. Then the guy took us to our place and charged 120. The return taxi, same route, cost 90. Ridiculous.
2. Castles can be downright creepy. Evil disney castle anyone...
3. The closer to the old town square the more expensive the ice cream and the smaller the portions (I actually new this, but apparently needed a good reminder).4. I generally have a good sense of direction, but the combination of winding streets and a bending river leads to a very confused brain.
5. There are a lot of puppet making shops. They make mean looking puppets.
6. I may be completely insatiable. On the train back we were talking about the trip and Kate said she would probably not make it back there. It was a four hour train from her house. Me on the other hand, I said I definitely wanted to get back there "someday". This is a reoccuring theme. I don't check things off my bucket list, I just add more. Maybe I should work on that or I am going to have to start making a lot more money to support my travel habits. That said, there are worse habits to have. We couldn't have done it without Josh. Thank you!
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