[Jimmy Stang]

I was there for a few days last March. Prague is a really cool city, and you'll find English to be very prevalent. Obviously, you'll want to know "hello" ("dobry den" is more like "good day" but seemed to be the common greeting), but most people speak English or are at least happy to try and help.

We stayed at a "funky" hotel (in Europe, these are cheaper but might be a little farther from the middle of things) called 987 Prague Hotel and it was adequate and modern. It was a bit of a stroll to the really touristy stuff, but it also very close to the train station if that's a consideration for you. Although they have street cars there, we found it easiest to just walk around.

There is so much to see in Prague. We did the usual stuff - saw the astronomical clock, walked up to the castle and basilica (now that's a hike at a good incline!), and we even took a ghost tour one night that was surprisingly good. Not in a spooky kind of way (my wife was the one who wanted to go because she likes stuff like that), but it was a great way to learn some of the local history and they even give you a tour of the old caves below the astronomical clock, which was neat.

Although the old town is a bit crowded and touristy, there was some good shopping in the Wenceslas Square area. Four days should be plenty I'd think, although it is a really cool city and ranks among the best that I have ever been to. There are many restaurants that offer all sorts of food (we had Spanish tapas one night), and there are a lot of little convenience stores around for snacks and quick stuff (and beer). There is also a modern mall in central Prague called "Palladium" with a full supermarket in the lower level. Depends on your own wants/needs, but having something like that nearby is handy and can save some coin on food, drinks, and snacks.

The only activity that we did outside of Prague was a side trip to Kutna Hora to see the Sedlec Ossuary - better known as the "Church of Bones". Definitely a dark, macabre thing to do, but it was pretty interesting. I still don't think that I have wrapped my head around the bones of that many dead people being concentrated in one spot, but it was worth the trip.

After that we drove off to Berlin before returning a few days later to fly out.

If you do plan on renting a car, the Budget in the train station had a couple of nice, almost hippy guys working there. Small nicks weren't big enough to report on the walkaround, but because I was dead-ending it at the airport (no extra charge!), the guy who was checking the car there had a different philosophy. He marked off a bunch of small marks that the other guys said were too small and wanted me to sign for it. I refused, he got agitated and bitched at me in Czech and stormed off into the office. But cooler heads prevailed after I was able to talk to the guys at the counter, and they completely understood. Probably a rare occurrence, but something to keep in mind if you're renting a car from a couple of hippies and returning it to the rock chip nazi at the airport.

I'll end my rambling here, but let me know if you need to know anything specific and I'll do my best to help! No expert by any means, but you'll definitely love it there.