Happy 21st in Prague :-)

I don't think I could have asked for anything better on my 21st birthday. Unlike many people back at home, I did not spend it on 6th Street going from bar to bar and taking 21 shots. My day was spent wandering around Prague and taking the occasional break at a bar or cafe to enjoy a nice Czech Budvar or Pilsner :-) Above I am on the famous Carlsbridge where there are many artists and vendors selling their artwork or other crafts. It's one of Europe's oldest stone bridges as stated in my tourist guide.
From the bridge my friend Gleb and I continued to the Prague castle which is where this photo of me with the Czech guard was taken :-) It was funny actually because there were two guards standing at the entrance but this was the only one that people were taking pictures with...poor less good looking other guard.
After a long day of walking around we went to this excellent Czech restaurant called Pivoarský Dům, where the wait staff also spoke Russian. This ended up being entirely practical as Gleb is fluent in Russian....he was also there the night before and had left one of the waitresses a good tip which might have had something to do with the fact that on this very busy Saturday night we were still able to get a table and be served food (these people that came in right after us were told that they are no longer serving food...most likely just an excuse for having been way backed up on food orders). After nearly an hour we got our food and it was sooo good! The beer is brewed right at the restaurant and I by the end of the evening I had sampled the lager and the mixed lager/dunkel. In the picture you can see my mixed lager/dunkel and Gleb had the dunkel.
To finish off the evening we caught the metro to the State Opera House which had the most beautiful interiors I had ever seen. In fact I spent most of my time looking aroud the theatre and spent less time actually watching the performance of Carmen...granted I have seen that Opera before so it was okay. It was sung in French and subtiled in Czech so was a bit hard to follow! The evening ended with a visit to this cozy bar off the beaten track somewhere between the town center and our hostel where we each had a shot of Sambuca and 1 Litre of Pilsner which is definately one of the best beers I have had. All in all it was a fantastic day and many thanks to Gleb for having been there to celebrate it with me, because wandering around Prague alone would not have been half the fun!