It is night three of my stay here in Prague and it has been HOT. Yesterday I attempted to go up to the castle complex. I have been through the whole thing in the past and only wanted to go to the Old Masters Gallery. I have never been in there and don't think it was open in the past. Anyway, I got lost walking to the bus stop I needed so by the time I got there I was in no mood to get on an overcrowded, stiflingly hot bus with every other tourist in Prague. And there are thousands of them. So I climbed the steps up there. When I got there, and it is not easy, there was a line to go through the control. I had had it so I went back down and walked back to the Small City. This is the area across the Charles Bridge under the castle hill. I had to sit and have some water and a few beers. I went back to the hotel to shower and then went for an early dinner at an Italian place down the road. I had red wine and salad and lasagna. I went for another wine in the main square and then back.
Today I made a second attempt. I left earlier and bought my ticket and stood at the bus stop with the dozens of others. However when the dinky, hot, crowded bus came I did not get on it. While drinking yesterday I saw a nice, new, large number 22 and figured it would be coming next - and it was!! At the castle hill I found the museum and decided I needed to power up before I went in so I went to the terrase and had a couple. The collection was small. But the building was actually air-conditioned and it was presented nicely. There were some Cranachs, a few, (3 ), Titians, Tintorettos, (4?) and maybe 2 Veronese. I was in there for about an hour. Then I walked down the steps on the other side and into the Small City, over the Charles Bridge and to the Hard Rock. I had 2 beers and a hamburger there and then came back and had a nap.
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