Maybe our title should be Old Ladies!!

Well, yesterday was a very long day... obviously, since we are actually writing this blog the next morning. We didn't learn from the day before and took on another 600+ stairs and 2 miles. And we were only lucky we missed the stair case leading up to the castle. Instead, we took the really long, steep hill.

We again got up around 830am so as not to miss out on breakfast, and to avoid another scolding in a language we didn't understand. We actually managed a smile and a "good morning" from our favorite breakfast lady. We set off for our day at the castle, having now mastered the tram system (or shall we say Erin mastered it). Alicia has given up on reading the map since she is usually a bit off on where we are or what direction we are going... sorry Dad. We now know why Erin is so stubborn about not asking directions... internal map thanks to her Navigator Dad.

The castle was pretty cool, lots to see. Except most of the crypts were closed, to Alicia's excitement. We did however see the midieval torture chamber and prison, YIKES!! And excitedly took on another tower, by far the tallest at a whopping 287 steps... with no breaks... up an extremely narrow, spiraling, dark, and claustrophobic staircase. Even over our stuffy noses (Alicia is getting over her cold after passing it to Erin), we could smell the sweaty people in front of us. It is amazing how out of shape you feel when you climb a measly 100 steps and feel out of breath and weak in the legs. But... no complaining... we are determined (and always reminding eachother) we plan on losing 10 pounds. That's why we treated ourselves to beer, french fries with gravy, and ice cream afterwards. The view from the top was spectacular, the best we saw!!

After taking in all the sites of the castle we decided we were going to experience the Prague life by taking a pub crawl. First, the oldest pub in prague (we took a picture of the name, for those who don't remember it), then a horrible little hole in the wall where Alicia asked the bartender to pour Erin a shot of Absinth. Alicia herself backed out and Erin was FORCED (using torture techniques Alicia learned in the castle prison) to do it alone. A third of a shot later, Erin was about to lose her ice cream!!! NEVER AGAIN!!! For those of you who are unfamiliar with Absinth, there is one type that can cause halucinations when drunk... luckily we found a third of a shot doesn't do much, expept make your "legs numb".

We then headed to a pretty cool Irish bar, JJ Murphy's. The food was good, the people were Irish, the language spoken was one we could understand. We spoke to a Swiss man who took it upon himself to tell us it is our generations responsibility to change America, and not to let Hillary in office!! We really should start telling people we are from Canada!!

To end the night we went to a small local bar that had live jazz, got a drink, and lasted only about an hour. At the yound age of 27 we headed home around 1030pm. In bed by midnight!! Thats how Europe is done!! The music was good, and to our surprise we finally started blending in. The waitress spoke to us in Czech, the third time in one day!!

So now, we are headed to the airport to catch our flight to Milan, and then a train to Venice. Our hotel is only 3 minutes walk from San Marcos square!! We are very excited!!

Till next time.... ciao!!