After 11 hours on the train to Prague, we arrived, tired but ready to explore the city (well, two of us anyway). Delaney refused to nap until we were about an hour from Prague.
The Hostel is comfortable and the staff friendly. English is spoken by most and we found that Czech is similar to Polish, so we can use a little of all three. In the first hour of arrival I have seen more Americans here than I have the entire time we have been in Poland. When we were checking into the hostel, a young man noticed my Kansas drivers license and commented that he would was headed to Kansas this summer for football coaching (soccer to us). His accent sounded either U.K or Australian.
We found a good restaurant that served local food and good beer (for me) and homemade orange soda for Carolyn and Adam. Delaney chose the pear juice. Chicken and pork schnitzel, mashed potatoes with onion, bread dumplings and spinach topped the plates and we all (most all) sampled a little of each. After parking Adam back at the hostel (he was much more adventuresome when he was 9) the three of us wandered around the area window shopping. We wandered into a chocolates shop and Delaney chose a bag of watermelon flavored hard candies made in store. They were very good. We wandered into another store behind another American family, and the clerk asked if we were with them. He did not believe us when we told him no, and when they left without us, he laughed and said he thought we were kidding.
This morning we are off to visit some castles (we heard they have a few around here :) after a quick breakfast. The weather is very nice, the high to get around 70.