Up bright and early this morning and headed towards the funicular to take us up to the Northern hills of Prague.

On the way we stopped at a cafe our tour guide recommended called Cafe Savoy. All the waiting staff were dressed in black vests and bow ties and the ambience of the place was amazing. After a great breakfast, we started towards the funicular. On the way we came across a memorial to the victims of communism, which was quite stirring.

The funicular took us up the hill to an old area of Prague where the monastic gardens still grow. In 1891, Prague tried to compete with Paris and built their version of the Eiffel tower on top of the hill. Unfortunately, due to a lack of funds, they couldn't build anything as impressive as the Eiffel. Although the locals still refer to it as their Eiffel, I prefer to refer to it as the "Trifle Tower", since it is 5 times smaller than the Eiffel and you have to climb it via a spiral staircase all the way to the top. The views from the top are amazing though.

After the Trifle Tower, we visited a maze of mirrors, then walked to an active monastery where the monks still brew all of the beer served in the restaurants. We sat and had a beer with an incredible view over Prague. Lidia chose the blueberry beer, and I chose a more traditional beer. I have to say, without being biased by the view, the beer was the best ale I have ever had.

We then walked over to the Cathedral and down into the town again.

On the way we came across a small garden cafe, which served the most amazing goulash soup. It was truly delicious and so cheap. It cost 4 euros per plate, which was cheaper than the bottled water we had with the meal.

We then walked past the Franz Kafka Museum and back into the Old Town where Lidia looked for a pair of garnet earrings, but couldn't find a pair she liked.

From there we went to an ice cream shop recommended to us by our tour guide as the best ice cream in Prague. I think this was a pretty accurate assessment. Lidia loved her 2 flavours and I thought mine was magnificent. The Baci flavour was like frozen chocolate mousse. Oh yeah!

We then went crystal shopping, since Prague is the heart of Bohemian Crystal, but we didn't really find anything we wanted to buy, so instead we settled for a Trdelnik, which is a sort of pastry cooked on a spit, filled with strawberries and cream. The Czechs claim it is a traditional Czech dessert, but our tour guide told us they had only been selling them there for 10 years and they are actually a Hungarian idea. They call them Trdelnik because they thought the original name, Trdlo, was too hard for tourists to say. Whaaaaa? I have to say Lidia ate most of it, but then again I am a compulsive liar.

A lazy stroll over Charles bridge brought us back to our hotel where we showered and then went down to the bar for the 3rd day in a row to enjoy wine and monk brewed beer.

This brought us to dinner time, and after wandering around for a while, we settled on an Italian restaurant directly under the Charles Bridge. The food was good and we shared a Tiramisu for dessert before heading back to the hotel.

On the way we stopped by a Thai Massage salon for a massage.