Weekend in Prague

This past weekend we decided to go to Prague. David and Olivia Nelson, our friends who are missionaries in the Ukraine, were vacationing in Prague last week, so we decided to meet them there this past weekend. We had been wanting to visit Prague and are so glad we did. It was especially nice getting to hang out with David and Olivia. They are an awesome couple and we are so glad we got to see them.

The trip down went pretty well. It's a bit more challenging when traveling with a baby and now that Caden is more mobile he doesn't want to stay seated very long. At least on the way we let him play for a while in the morning before heading out and he took a morning nap in the car, we stopped when he woke up, ate lunch, let him play, then in the afternoon he took an afternoon nap. We got to Prague in 6 hours. On the way home last night it was a different story. We went to church yesterday morning to a Czech service with David and Olivia and their teammates who were traveling with them. The preacher translated the service to English for us which was really nice. It was neat singing songs in Czech and worshipping with some Czech brothers and sisters in Christ. After church we ate lunch with some of them and then headed back to Germany around 2pm. Caden had already taken a morning nap in which I had to wake him up for church so he was kind of cranky and tired. When we got in the car it wasn't too long before he started crying and then screaming. Needless to say I sat in the back seat most of the way home. He did take one nap for about an hour but we had to stop and get gas and that woke him up. We have decided plane trips are much easier than car trips but we can do it.

Prague was a beautiful city. Their public transportation is very good and they have a metro, buses, and trams. We liked the trams the best because we could see the city as we road to our next destination. We didn't take a bus.

Caden fell asleep on our way back to our B&B so we ended up just staying on the tram until he woke up

We stayed at a cheap bed and breakfast. Collin is thankful I found the place so I couldn't be upset with him for finding it. The best thing about it was it was clean, non-smoking, and cheap. The shower was a nighmare, I think the shower in the Domincan Republic was better than this one, except we did have hot water here. The bed was old and lumpy, our backs were really sore. It was basically someone's house. Our bathroom was down the hall. We would have had to share it with another room but thankfully no one was staying in the room next to us. We actually got two rooms because some people had to cancel so Caden had his own room to sleep in. The breakfast was typical European: bread, cheese, and yogurt.  When the owner told us he might have people staying in the room next to us that second night Collin and I were a little worried.  The room next to ours was connected to ours with the only way out being through our room.  Thankfully nobody else showed up.

We are trying to spend less on vacations since there are several places we'd like to travel to before returning to the States and like everyone we have limited funds. We took this weekend trip for around $350 which is really good and one of the cheapest trips we've taken. We were able to travel for this rate because we stayed at a cheap B&B (around $40 a night), packed our lunch going down, breakfast was included in our room, we drove, and we didn't do anything expensive in Prague. We bought the all day public transportation pass for around $5 and tried to eat somewhat in expensively.

David and Olivia, we are so glad we got to see you guys. Your team will be in our prayers and so will your baby. Olivia is pregnant and is doing great!

Here are a few more pictures from our trip.

Group picture after lunch on Sunday

Old town

To read my review of our B&B visit my Lady Expat blog.