Prague

When we were sat down with the map of Europe in front of us and trying to decide where we should go on our trip, Prague was one of those places that immediately came to mind. Don't ask me why, I don't really know much about the place but as other places came and went (we were originally going to go to Munich - discounted as already going to Berlin, Brussels - uniformly discounted as being too boring, Vienna - discounted as not a fan of The Sound of Music and Barcelona - discounted as impossible to get too from the previous location), Prague always kept its place.

When I have spoken to people about Prague, the opinions are fairly polarised. On one hand, a friend said that it is a magical place, full of amazing architecture with a great atmosphere. On the other hand, others have said it's nice but somewhere you should've gone ten years ago before it became touristy. Although, I'm not sure I would've appreciated much about Prague ten years ago other than the cheap beer!

Still, from the information I have read on the web and the Lonely Planet there is much to do in Prague, even if you only have 4 days like we do. The Charles Bridge and Prague Castle seem to be the biggest draw cards and the reasonable Staropramen and Absinthe seem to have their place too :) I'm also keen to take a day out of the city and maybe visit some of the surrounding towns with castles like Karlstejn.