Boat Day Turned into Food Festival

I saw an advertisement for Vltava Day and was excited to enjoy the day, like I did in 2019.  I organized an event with some ladies expecting to go on a free boat ride, just like I did a few years prior.  Last minute, I looked at the web page for the event and it mentioned something about reservations.  I didn't think it would be necessary because I didn't need to do it the last time I enjoyed the event.  However, I made a mistake this year, it was needed.  I met a few ladies and walked to the waterfront.  It was a bit difficult to find the area, but then I remembered where it was the last time.  Unfortunately, we couldn't get on any boats without a reservation.  Luckily, there was a food festival in Karlin, so we decided to go there.  However, I took a quick detour to a museum that had free entry for Vltava Day.  Then I joined the others at the food festival.  A few needed to leave, but the others joined me for a walk.  We went to an "interesting" cafe, then another cafe and finished the day off at an Easter Market.  In the end it was 7 hours.  It was a great day!  One day we will go on a boat ride!!

                                                                            the group

                                                  inside the museum next to the Charles Bridge

                                                                            Brazil

                                                                            beef rendang

                                                                    North Macedonia

                                                                            Greece

                                                                        Czech Republic

                                                                                Spain  10,320

                                                                  Easter Market at Andel

Last Day in CV

On our last day, we only had time to enjoy the pool.  We ate lunch and then had to take showers at the reception area (since we had to check out of our room).  Our transport picked us up and took us to the airport.  We happened to be the very first ones to check in for our flight and ended up getting 3 boarding passes.  Leoš got 2 and I had 1.  On one of Leoš's boarding pass it said EXS, which we implied as an extra seat.  When we got on the plane we saw that we actually got upgraded to business class.  We were actually before the curtain.  It was so nice and the treatment was very different.  We were given glasses for our drinks and could even order sparkling wine.  When we were given our meals, I thought that we were only eating what they gave us.  However, when the flight attendant came by she asked if we wanted our main dish.  I was surprised with the amount of food and couldn't finish it all.  We were given so much food and it was all very good.  It was a great flight.  When we arrived to the airport in Prague, we got both our bags before anyone else and since we got it so quick, we were able to make it on a bus and get home a bit earlier than expected.  It was a nice trip.

                           so nice that we were able to enjoy some last minutes in the hot sun before flying back

                                                        our plane was much smaller

                                                                        Royal Plane

                                                                I thought this was the meal    

                                                                        this was the main

                                                           nice to drink out of glass on a plane

                                                                        lights in CZ

Last Full Day in CV

Leoš and I really liked the beach next to the pier in Santa Maria.  It required a nice walk into the city, plus the sand and water were a nice color.  We stopped in a store and I was able to get my favorite soda from Brazil. We enjoyed laying on the sand for the last time on our trip.  Leoš and I booked the nice restaurant again and while we were waiting for our meals, I saw that there were people in nice outfits.  I wanted to take a picture with them, so after we gave the waitress our order we left the restaurant for a few minutes to get the photos.  After I took photos with them, so many other people were doing the same thing.  Our meals came and I ordered different things from the menu to try them out.  They were good.  After dinner we watched the show and had a nice time.

Pool Slide (CV)

The neighboring hotel had water slides that we were able to access, so we definitely needed to check them out.  There were only a few people on the slides, so we had to go on them as well.  It was so great to be able to go on the slides and not wait in line.  We were able to go on all the slides and they were all pretty good.  We really enjoyed going on the slides. We walked back to Santa Maria so Leoš could rent a surfboard.  He didn't catch any waves, but enjoyed being in the water with the board. I stopped by a store in the city and bought a purse made from cork. Then we walked back to the hotel and called it a day. 

                                    Leoš is great at taking photos with his fingers in the picture......