A Wonderful Tour of Prague!

From the moment we arrived in Ireland my good friend Trica said the one thing she needed to do while abroad was ride a segway.  I’m not exactly sure how this became a dream of hers but I began to hear about it on a regular basis.  I’m sure you’re wondering why I’m sharing my friends dream or what this has to do with my travel experience through Europe or Prague but it has to do with one of my favorite experiences.   While walking through the beautiful Easter fest in Prague, the second stop on are trip, instead of noticing the trees covered in pastels and the ornately decorated eggs Tricia spotted a sign that read SEGWAY TOUR OF PRAGUE!  At this moment I knew how I would be spending the rest of my afternoon riding through Prague on a Segway.  We went over and received information about the tour, we were told it would be a 3 hour tour and in that time we would see all of Prague and of course learn to ride a Segway.  The sales pitch was pretty convincing and while it was a little pricey  Tricia’s enthusiasm for how much fun it would be got everyone on board.  The first half hour of the tour was learning to ride a Segway.  We were given goofy looking helmets that looked similar to what a jockey wears when riding a horse.  Learning to ride the Segway was not to difficult it is based on balance if you lean forward it drives forward, if you lean backwards it drives backwards, and if you want to turn you lean the way you want to go and so on.  It was actually surprisingly similar to skiing.

After our lesson we were off driving through the streets of Prague on our Segways.  Our tour guide was a nice girl who had lived in Prague all her life and was extremely knowledgeable about everything we were seeing.  We drove around as she pointed out all of the most important parts in Prague.  She showed us the beloved clock in the center of Prague and told us about the tradition of the Easter festival that was going on below the giant clock.  We were lucky enough to be in Prague during this time otherwise we would have never known that the Easter fest existed.   She took us to the Prague castle and showed us a park that was very similar to central park in New York City.  The city was beautiful and touring it on a Segway was a very unique experience,  something I will surely always remember.  I would recommend a Segway tour to anyone who has the opportunity.  Please beware that Segway’s don’t have a break, which caused Christina to run right into our tour guide, which was a great laugh for the group but was quite embarrassing for her!