Prague; Sunday, 18 December, 2016

As it had been a relatively early start the previous day I had a bit of a lie-in and a late breakfast before heading out of the hotel and over to the main station to pick up the train to Pilsen (Plzen).

Leaving Prague in the low cloud I wasn’t massively surprised that by the time I got to Plzen it was snowing, albeit not settling.

I had a wander around the city centre and visited the cathedral – deciding not to bother climbing the tower as the views would just have been of snow cloud or fog – before wandering over to the museum of brewing.

Pilsen is the home of Czech Pilsner larger with the method having been perfected in the city during the 19th century. The town is still home to Pilsner Urquell the largest Czech brewer.

I visited the museum and went on the tour of the cellars and underground passageways that radiate out underneath the city centre.

As the tour and the museum both came with a free voucher for a drink in the neighbouring pub I popped in there to make use of my vouchers before making my way back towards Plzen main station and catching the train back to Prague.

Back in Prague I headed back to the hotel to freshen up and then headed back over to the area I’d eaten in the previous evening to have dinner, again finding another very nice restaurant near the Charles Bridge.

As I’d done the walk across the Charles Bridge the previous evening I decided that was probably enough and instead I caught the tram from just outside the restaurant all the way back to the hotel for a quick night cap before turning in.