Trojska Mlyn

I spent a couple of hours yesterday viewing flats, firstly I went to an area called Troja just about 5km north of Prague centre, it's a very attractive area and is home to many Villas, the Botanical Gardens and Troja Mansion, and also most famously Prague Zoo. The flats I viewed were in a magnificent building that has been reconstructed and is situated next to the Zoo and River Vltava. The building was once a mill and the centre of the structure has been kept authentic, even with a common area on the ground floor which has an old mill stone on view. I looked at 3 flats, one of the ground floor was 53m2 and unfortunately I think it was too small, but secondly we don't want a ground floor flat. The next was on the 3rd floor and was 80m2, this was much better with 2 bedrooms, but it didn't have any good views as it was at the back of the building. The last flat was at the top, built into the roof it has a mezzanine floor which would be the bedroom, and a large open space for living room and Kitchen etc, it also had 2 bathrooms. This had excellent views over the Zoo and south over the river to Prague and Stromovka Park. Unfortunately it was also 7 million Kc which is above my budget. Next I walked to a new development adjacent to the mansion. There is a small complex of about 6 apartment blocks around a very attractive landscaped garden over underground parking. This is a very nice area to consider living, but we must think carefully about the transport as you must take a bus to the nearest Metro station at Nadrazi Holesovice or to a tram stop which gives a number of routes to and around Prague.

Yesterday evening I went along with Petra to a spinning class at the gym, which i enjoyed, having not been in a class for a long while, the music was motivating but as usual I found the instructor to be lacking in motivation and accurate teaching technique. however, this type of teacher is in the majority rather than minority, it's a shame but a fact. I was glad to see rather large lady there participating, good on her for getting out there and doing it.