Last Day in Prague, Geocaching and Mall Visit

It’s our last day in Prague. We’ve had enough time to visit the main sights and get a good feel for the city. It’s been very enjoyable, though a bit tiring with all our walking. You could easily spend more time here if you had the budget to visit more of the attractions and museums.

We thought we’d have a quiet day today with not much walking. After breakfast, I asked Sarah what we should do, and she suggested we go for a walk! I added to that idea that we could find a few geocaches to see where they took us. She thought that sounded good. The twist in my plan was that she would handle the GPS and navigation from spot to spot—something I normally do all of. She agreed, with the caveat that if she got us lost or tired of it, I’d take over. No problem.

We set off, doing a mix of virtual caches—where you just answer questions or take photos—and physical caches, where you actually search for a small box. The physical ones are always a bit more fun, in my opinion. We visited a combination of places we’d already been near, plus a few new spots. One physical cache was at the Official Information Centre beside the Astronomical Clock. It was easy to find because the staff had it hidden under their counter, and you just had to ask for it. One stop did involve me poking around an electrical switch box that turned out to have nothing to do with the hide, because we were on the wrong side of the street. No one was electrocuted, and the electricity didn’t get interrupted… I hope. 🤞😂

We tied the geocaching walk in with my need to visit the Palladium shopping mall to buy extra microSD cards for my video camera. In fact, that was our last stop, and by the time I’d bought them it was almost lunchtime, so we headed back through the Charles Bridge crowds to home base. Our “quiet” day still involved 6.3 km of walking!

After lunch, we stayed off our feet and relaxed.

We wanted to have a meal out tonight, but we were struggling to find anywhere budget-friendly. Instead, we went to our downstairs pub/restaurant for a Budvar beer each, accompanied by nachos and goulash soup served inside a cob loaf. Both were nice, but not brilliant. Total cost: $49.87.

Then it was time to pack up the backpacks again and get ready for another moving day. Hopefully this one won’t be too bad—just an across-town tram ride followed by a two-and-a-half-hour train journey. Sounds too easy? Don’t worry… I’m sure it will end with a walk.