I headed out to the city, more specifically the old town. Like many cities, Prague is divided by a river in the middle. Today on the river was a Greenpeace boat with a banner doing some sort of demonstration against the US wanting to put missile defense radar in the Czech Republic. On the other side of the river, there is a big hill with a good view of the city. Also up there is the #1 attraction in the city: Prague Castle. Except I noticed a lot of fences and police officers around. Then I saw a sign giving an explanation. One seemingly important person in the world is visiting the same place and time I want to visit. I decide to take a break and come back later.
In the mean time I withdrew $9.50 USD worth of Czech money for some food today. That was enough to have one plate of food each at two restaurants plus some more snacks from the grocery store. So at least things are a pretty good price here. Back to the castle. The sign said it would be open at 3PM, so I waited until 5PM to take the subway and walk back up the hill, just to be safe. To my surprise, the police were there again, but an updated sign. Modified to 5PM
6:30PM 8PM, and finally ??. It wasn’t looking good, so I gave up. This was my only day in the city and in the country, so my only chance. Thanks, G.W. Bush!
Tomorrow is a six hour train to Munich.