It was after 3:45 pm when we got off the plane from Dallas to Madrid. By the time, we took a bus from the plane to the terminal, made our way through passport control (which was having technical problems), took a train to the main terminal, went back through security twice (we left our iPads in our bags) and found our way to the gate, they had loaded half of the plane to Prague.
This is probably one of the most hectic trips that we have ever had. Both of the first two flights were behind schedule. As a result, we only had about an hour to change planes in both Dallas and Madrid. To add to the confusion, when we checked our bags at SFO, the gate agent said that we would have to get our bags in Madrid and recheck them; we didn't.
We had a middle and a window on a full, two and a half hour flight to Prague. I sat in the middle. Ugh!
We spent the flight working on a plan of attack for the next two days. Like we have done on our last two trips, we are going in two days early. The Viking tour doesn't start until Monday night.
We were on the ground in Prague a little ahead of schedule about 6:40 pm. Getting our luggage, we took an Airport Uber to the Prague Marriott. We are spending five nights here. It was about a 30 minute drive from the airport to the hotel.
After getting settled in the room, we worked with the concierge to find a restaurant nearby. We ended up having dinner at Kolkovna Celnice. We both had Czech specialities. Sharon had Svičková [pot roasted beef in cream-vegetable sauce, served with bread dumplings and Carlsbad dumplings], while I had Pilsen goulash [made from tender beef shin with onion and fresh chilli peppers, served with bread-roll dumplings and potato pancakes].
Getting some waters in a market, we wandered back to the hotel. I am excited to explore the city over the next two days. We crashed hard at 10 pm.
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