After the first day in Prague, I spent the next couple of days exploring parts of the city and visiting the zoo. I know that people have a lot of thoughts about zoos, but the Prague Zoo was well kept and maintained and provided a good way to spend the day. It was easy to get to on public transport, and had a lot of my favourite animals on display.

The sea lions were hilarious and the show was great. Well worth a viewing.

In addition to the zoo, I walked all over the city. This included going over the Charles Bridge, Prague Castle and a sex museum.

The castle is atop a hill that gives views of the entire city. It was a cloudy grey day, but I bet in the spring time, it is absolutely beautiful. I thought I could do the castle without doing a tour, but on hindsight, I should have joined a tour. There was so much to see and not all of it marked, so there are a few things that I couldn’t identify. The castle took 600 years to complete, and people that broke law were chucked out the windows of the castle….a pretty nifty alternative to jail.

After the castle, I wandered down to a garden that I saw and found the Dripstone wall, which looked like a giant rock wall of faces. The gardens are part of the Wallenstein Palace, which was built in 1623. The gardens were home to some really cool birds, and a really creepy wall.

My last stop of the day was at the best shop in the entire city, The Duck Boutique. That’s right, an entire store full of rubber ducks. I only bought two, but would have bought 1 of everything if I had the money.

I took home a Prague Beer duck and a giant unicorn for my collection.