Prague shopping and cafe life.............

Go real shopping, or just window shopping, and stop 
for coffee and pastries...............a great way 
to see another side of a vibrant European city.

Prague's street scenes are so fabulous 

making shopping a joy...............and the 
pastries are scrumptious!

We didn't buy a lot. We should have brought an empty suitcase. I think we are already planning to come back to Prague with an empty suitcase! It's not that things are cheaper......but they have the best selection of gorgeous footwear I've ever seen, and so many shoe shops. When it comes to boots and shoes, this city does it right at this time of year. Can it be due to the cobblestones? Must admit with so much walking on those blocks of stone, shoes take a beating. Men's shoes were super too - I think Bob would have liked a couple of pairs - perhaps two empty suitcases would be even better.

Personally I think I fell in love, big love, with at least 50 pairs of beautiful boots. To choose would be ten times more difficult than it was in Venice where I bought one pair of boots last Fall. The leathers, suedes and workmanship were excellent quality, and the styles fabulous from ankle booties to over the knee and every height in between. Shoes awesome too - styles I love such as lace up Oxfords; classic loafers with proper leather soles, not those all in one cheap rubber bottoms; pretty ballerinas with substantial soles too (not like those paper thin things back home); sturdy heels in all heights in glorious Winter colors and textures......dear Lord, please bring me back to Prague even if only to shop for shoes!

As for cafes - Prague, like most European cities, has PAUL. 

Our last day was a bit wet and cool, the sidewalk cafes were 

empty, wandering the city made us long for a comfy 

indoor cafe with good cappuccino and warm from the 

oven almond croissants.

PAUL filled the bill.

We love PAUL - in business since 1889, starting in France, 
now all over Europe, and starting to pop up in the USA, yeah! 

You can buy just about anything in Prague. Stunning Czech glass, paintings, hand-carved marionettes, clothes from every designer known, traditional Czech Spa hazelnut wafers (yummy), Alphonse Mucha prints, Franz Kafka books, art nouveau jewelry......and boots and shoes of course.