Having left the Penta hotel at around 10:00 we caught the tram - loaded with backpacks, the tram doors close so quickly after people exit that we missed our tram stop and had to walk back. Once my backpack is in its bag (yes the backpack has a bag to stop all it’s awkward straps catching in the rollers of the baggage conveyor belt) it is awkward to carry 🙈 Michael took it off me and I carried his backpack - not too far but still, I suppose that is how the trams stay on time - allocate only a small time to people getting on and off. After walking back one stop we then walked to the main Prague station where we caught the bus to the airport. Not a very orderly queue - definitely the person that pushes the most/ hardest gets onto the bus. The bus is full and some people couldn’t get on. Interesting though that having used the brilliant public transport system throughout our trip, trams, buses, trains - we saved R4000 and saw a lot more of the cities, had to use our brain ☺️ - wow it can be difficult when the streets are in a different language and WiFi (google maps) is local only to static places. Definitely more interesting than just catching a taxi. Note to self - only put backpack in bag at check in. Prague airport is small in comparison to other EU airports but very efficient. I am now in the gate waiting to catch the plane to Dubai at 15:33 landing 23:55 and catching plane to CT at 03:50 tomorrow and landing CT 11:35 Friday 27/10/2017 at the end of a very different holiday. Mixture between a cruise and say our stay in Paris with lots of movement between countries. We saw a lot in each of the cities - yet I think I prefer the one day as the second day almost feels like an anticlimax. You cover all the main sights on the first day and the second day you feel a bit at a loss on what to do, as all the other sights are a bit far away to get there and come back on the same day. The traveling days particularly are a bit of a write off as you have your luggage with you and most places would not allow you to take it in to the attractions. Once again I packed too much. I must come back and read this if I am blessed enough to go on another holiday. I will pack less as I wore my leggings, boots and layers of vest, long sleeve fleece and wet weather gear most days. I had lovely evening dresses thanks to mom and Aunty June which I wore in the evenings of the cruise. I wore every outfit that I packed, yet it is a lot to carry. Only 15.5kg which includes what I bought in the various places. Yet still too heavy. So another ‘so long’ until I start another adventure which I hope will hopefully be very soon!!! Life is short and there are so many places to see!!! Thank you for reading 😘
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