Some of the sites we visited in Prague were Old Town, Prague Castle, the Astronomical Clock, Josefov (the Jewish Quarter), Wenceslas Square, Wallenstein Gardens, the Municipal House, Powder Tower, Franz Kafka's birthplace and house, and the Charles Bridge.
We spent most of our first day at Prague Castle, and we also paid for an audio guide. The audio guide was probably better than normal free audio guides, however, it once again sucked every ounce of energy from us by the end. Kim has since banned us from doing audio guides (to my chagrin).
We ended up seeing a concert our second evening, that included works from Vivaldi, Bach, Dvorak, Mozart, and Smetana. The harpist played a pretty phenomenal solo version of Smetana's "My Country."Just like Vienna is known for its coffeehouses, Prague is known for its pubs. When we needed a break from sightseeing, we would find the closest pub to grab a cheap local brew. Some pubs had just one or two beers on tap, so in most cases we just needed to sit down and say “2 beers.” The server brings the beers over from the bar overflowing out of the mug, lays a piece of paper on the table, and marks 2 dashes to keep a beer tally. Whenever they notice your beer is getting low, sometimes they just bring out another (they assume you want another), so if you are done, you better tell them so.
On our last evening, Kim organized a “pub crawl” for us. Among some of the pubs we visited was The Golden Tiger, where Vaclav Havel took Bill Clinton in 1994 (below is a picture of some friendly/boisterous Czechs and Romanians we hung out with at that pub).
Check out this 360 degree panoramic Kim took in Old Town (click to make larger):
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