.....that it wasn't at all what we were expecting. This is a difficult post for me to write as I feel I don't really understand Prague at all. We were there for four days which right now I feel was too long. I was very excited about the prospect of visiting this city as I have never heard anything less than glowing reviews of the place, so you will understand why I feel quite strange about writing that our experiences were not really that great. Don't get me wrong Prague is a beautiful city and I feel that perhaps 5 years ago it would have been fantastic. However now it is overrun by tourists to the point of exhaustion and the Czech people are not happy about it. If you don't speak Czech they people are extremely unhelpful and will rip you off at any given opportunity. They will add a 20% surcharge to every meal after already adding a 10% service fee. I can only speculate that this 20% is for being a foreigner! Having said that its not that expensive (about the same as Sydney prices) but the food is not very good and the service is worse, so it's kind of just annoying to get ripped off.
On the bright side the scenery is beautiful, the castle was amazing, i only wish we could have gone into the church but the line was way too long....damn tourists! On the third day we decided to try and find more of what the real Prague is all about and headed to a town about a 15min tram ride away. The people were a little friendlier here and the food looked better which was a relief. We also managed to stumble across a concert in one of the bars that was being given in aid of children with Epilepsy. It was great the music was good, even though we couldn't understand any of it and they even sang a few English songs. A good time was had by all. Especially the really drunk girls dancing 80's style!
If it wasn't for the last day I would have left Prague extremely disappointed but as it stands now I think it was an interesting place with a lot to offer if you speak the language and actually may come good in about 5-10years when the people learn to cope with tourism, I certainly wont be back before then.
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Eek I can't wait to go to Prague! it's one of the next places I want to go. I've found a lot of places are like what you describe and we hate it as well, I don't like "touristy" places but it's sad not to see the wonderful sights of the world because of it.
I'm surprised you had this experience because I would have thought October would be the off season between the peaks of summer and the winter markets for Christmas.
See you guys soon!
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