Czech Mate. June29th

No I am not playing chess with an Australian. Just wanted to say that. We left Hallstatt early in yhe morning headed for Prague. Skipping breakfast we drove along the lake. Nice drive made all the nicer by a stop at a bakery/coffee shop that was giving out samples of pumperknickel bread with a creamy horseradish spread on it. To die for even if you font like horseradish. That and some bakery goods for yhe road including s small bag of pretzels.
Took longrr to get out of Austria than I thought but it is a 4 1/2 hour drive. Once we get into the Czech Republic, the roads go down to two lane roads. Very slow going in the mountains behind big trucks.  We decide to detour to Plzen rather than going straight to Prague. Plzen is home to Pilsner Urquell. Enough said.
We have a typical Czech lunch at what would be a truck stop in the USA?  Very heavy food. Mine was like bisquets and gravy. Mary Ann's  was much better.

 Mary Ann's Lunch

My Bisquets

Takes a long time to find the brewery and since it is getting late, we decide to do the tour when we are headed back to Munich. Plus our hosts in Prague want to know when we will arrive. Evening traffic and an accident (not us) in a tunnel and we get to our apartment around 5:30. One thing about AIRB&B rentals I dont like is the hosts want you there at a specific time and vacations are very nontime specific.
The apartment is in a great neighborhood. Very Yuppie in my lingo. Great shops and metro location.

 Our Street in Prague

 View out our Window

Very Contented

We walk the neighborhood and pick up some food for the apartment. On the way home we stop at a sidewalk wine bar, sample some wine, eat some snacks and head home. Internet is not working very well so their son will stop by tomorrow to look at it. tomorrow. I go out for a bottle of wine and bring home ice cream also. Couldnt find a pastry shop such as they have on every corner in Italy. Feel like I am starting to get a cold. Yuck.