May 11

Today was a perfect day to take a river cruise on the Vltava. We booked our passage on one of Prague's river boats. The trip was down the river from the Rasinovo Nabreri (Rasin's Bank) all the way down to Troja where the Prague zoo is.

Our ship

We cruised along some of the most famous of Prague's landmarks including the National Theatre and Charles Bridge

To make the river navigable by boats a series of locks was build along the course of the river

The total elevation difference from star to finish is about five and a half meters. Without the locks and weirs the river would be fairly quick and a great deal of bank erosion would occur.

Tomorrow Jidrizska Vez (St. Henry's Tower)