Prague

Here is an e-mail sent to friends and family about our Prague adventure...traveling with a little one isn't always easy!

"We decided to make the most out of not being in the States for Thanksgiving. Prague is only a 5 hour drive away and someplace I have really wanted to visit during our time here. Griffin doesn't sleep in the car anymore, so I dreaded the car ride. He did a great job in both directions. The closer you get to the Czech border the less traffic you have to contend with. Also, the autobahn that far out doesn't have speed restrictions so you can really have fun with the drive. (safety first, of course) Prague is a beautiful city with such amazing history... dating back to years with only three digits! That is what has amazed me most about the places we have seen so far. You realize how young our country is in comparison.
We had a great time with the exception of the first night. It was a nightmare parenting experience. Griffin woke up at 3.30am and was delirious with night terrors (or something) and we couldn't calm him down. He was freaking out and nothing we did was helping. This went on for about an hour when we got a knock on our door. Christopher answered with Griffin in arms. A woman, with a heavy British accent says, "Is your baby okay? BECAUSE WE CAN'T SLEEP!" Christopher said, "we can't either!" It was awful!

Finally around 5.30am, I got up and showered and Griff and I took to the streets of Prague. Of course within 4 minutes of walking, Griffin was audibly snoring. Needless to say, the three of us were total grumps that day. We stuck to our original plan: the Frommers book walking tour. By the second hour, Christopher would read the little fact in the book (very low and mumbly), "This statue was given to the Czech's from France...." and I would grumble: "WHAT?? you're reading too fast and mumbly and without any enthusiasm!!." Do you still want to be in charge of reading!?" We were a lot of fun to be around. However we saw Prague, had some good food and after a good nights' sleep, some good laughs."