Prague

After a three hour ride to Prague, the temperature was in the mid-30's. The bike seems to be running well and fuel consumption seems to be getting better and better. Previously, the reserve light came on at 175 miles and now it's up to 220 miles! (probably of more interest to me than you). Fuel, which is one of my main expenses is also getting cheaper - from around 90p a litre in Europe down to 65p!
OK, enough of the boring geeky stuff. When I arrived in Prague, with no accommodation booked, I turned up at a recommended place, but they were full (and miles from the centre). So, I headed for the centre, where everything was either full or very expensive (as I'm travelling for 200 days, £100 hotels every night will mount up quickly). After riding around for another 45 mins in the blistering heat, I gave up trying to find some where cheap and just took somewhere not too expensive and with safe parking for the bike.
For the next 2 days, the bike would be parked up and I was to be a tourist like everyone else. Prague is a stunning city. Many castles and old and extravagant buildings, but LOADS of tourists. Everywhere! I managed to get around pretty much everywhere and even made it to the Jewish quarter, which, as you may expect was full of jewellery shops.
Despite my previous comments of the Czech Republic being a backward country, it seems that I had jumped the gun! It is, in fact, very developed, seems to have plenty of wealth and a pretty decent infrastructure. On the food front, I need to learn to hunt down the more traditional places, but unfortunately, those places don't speak a word of English and my Czech isn't up to much.
Tomorrow, I head south-east to, hopefully, a much less touristy and old-style town.