Totally kidding. But nine months of living in a place does give you a pretty cool window into daily life. Shout out to Honest Guide for teaching me so much about Prague. And, please do remember that this post is based on my completely amateur opinion and a lot of it is tongue in cheek. Bottom line: Do whatever you want! The number one thing not to do in Prague, Czech Republic? Call it Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakia was a sovereign state comprised of the Czech Republic and Slovakia that formed in So it blows my mind that people are still using this word.
But try telling a Czech person that. Czechia, while the technical name of the country, was a rebrand that politicians made official in They wanted a shorter, English-sounding name.
If you look at the map, the Czech Republic is in central Europe. And Czech people would prefer you remember that. Trdelnik, or chimney cake, is one of the quintessential foods of Prague. Trdlenik is not a traditional Czech food. No Czech person grew up eating trdelnik that their grandmother made for them at home. I can say that as a fact as someone who bought one, just to try, and ended up throwing most of it away.
These rental scooters are, like trdlenik, exclusively used by tourists. And locals loathe them. Why do locals hate these scooters? Because tourists misuse them. No one is mad about tourists getting around town on a budget. But people do get mad when tourists ignore the rules of traffic β there was a video recently of a scooter rider running over an old woman crossing the street. I remember walking Ellie in the park one day and coming across a graveyard of lime scooters blocking a path.
I walked up on them at the same time as a local Czech woman did. These areas of Prague are so over-touristed and incredibly overrated. In my Prague itinerary , I definitely include some time in the Old Town.
