Best travel day ever was just a random Tuesday in Prague

Last spring I was wandering around Prague with no plan and stumbled into this tiny bakery that sold fresh trdelnik for like $1.50. The guy running it spoke zero English but his grandma came out and gave me a free sample of their honey cake. Then I walked across the Charles Bridge right at sunrise and there was practically nobody there. Later that afternoon I found a free walking tour that took us to a hidden beer garden with views of the whole city. Total cost for the day was under $15 including lunch. Has anyone else had a random day like that where the whole trip just came together perfectly?

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finleyh891d agoTop Commenter

oliviagrant said "padded with a bunch of nonsense" and honestly I kind of disagree. I mean yeah that day sounds cool but $15 is basically nothing even in Prague these days, most of those little bakery spots and beer gardens are running on thin margins and the people working them gotta eat too. I bet that grandma's honey cake recipe and the free walking tour guide's time are worth more than the pocket change you dropped, it's not like they're scamming anyone by charging a little extra.

jana_fox503d ago

Wait, under 15 bucks for all of that? That's unreal.

oliviagrant3d ago

You know, it really makes you wonder if the prices we see everywhere else are just padded with a bunch of nonsense, doesn't it? I feel like we've all just accepted that everything has to cost an arm and a leg, but that's not actually true. It seems like so many companies are just charging more because they can, not because they have to. When you see a deal like this, it kind of cracks that whole system open a little bit. It reminds me that there's got to be a simpler, fairer way to buy things, but we've just been trained to pay top dollar for everything.