We were on a beer boat tour of the part of the Vltava River in Prague. The tour would bring us to some nice part s of the river where there are historic buildings. The on board guide would also help to tell us what these places are but I don’t think anyone was listening. After crossing the Charles Bridge, the most famous bridge in the city, the captain started to turn the boat around and started our trip back to where we started. Honestly, I don’t think we did too much pedaling here. The boat is obviously powered by an engine, or the captain would need to pedal that boat all the way back. It was obvious that we weren’t feeling it anymore and the captain just switched the engine on. It was still nice and slow which made it a nice and pleasant ride.

Just before we parked the boat we crossed a bridge which is the Čech Bridge. This one is a road and tramway bridge. As you know, Prague has several tramway lines and this one of the bridges which they use to cross the river. The bridge is named after Svatopluk Čech who was a writer in the 1800s. This bridge is rather different from the others in that it is in the Art Nouveau style, the only bridge like this in the country. Compared to the other bridges we have seen, this one has iron arches. The bridge has figures installed on the pillars which are supposed to represent something. Our guide definitely mentioned it, but I have forgotten.

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