We arrived in Prague about 3 days ago and have been renting a cute little apartment in Old Town. Give Jeff and I a couple of days and we’ll develop a little routine. In the mornings, or actually if we’re being honest, early afternoons we’d go have coffee at a little café around the corner called the Globe. Pretty much everyone in there speaks ‘American’ English. We haven’t figured out why and the only person Jeff asked was the only Czech speaking person in the place who just gave us a confused look.
During the days, we have wandered Old Town Prague. There is so much history and area to see that we have only scratched the surface in our four days here. We wandered across the Charles Bridge several times. The bridge was completed in 1400 and is now lined with 30 statues honoring various saints. We wandered around the Prague Castle. Inside the castle walls was the St. Vitus Cathedral, which was the most amazing church we’ve been in. The cathedral was started to be built in the 1350’s but wasn’t completed until the beginning of the 20th century. The stain glass was amazing. Much to Jeff’s pleasure we wandered into several shops and did some window shopping. There are some amazing wood carvers in the Czech Republic. They make some amazing marionettes , and my nerdy artistic side fell in the love with the whimsy puppet characters. Only a dollmaker would truly understand! The Vltava River runs through the middle of town. We brought some old rolls down today and feed the swans that live along it. Prague is a wonderfully romantic city!
In the evenings, we go by our local pub, U Novaka, and order beers and goulash. We’d then stroll the block and half home and crawl into our little bed.
Tomorrow, we take a train back to Berlin for a couple of days. Prague has been our favorite city so far and we are eager to someday return and finish exploring!
Cheers!
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| J standing in front of the Dancing Building |
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| The astronomical clock in Old Town square. It has a pretty cool show at the top of every hour |
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| Prague Castle at night |
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| Strolling across Charles Bridge with the guide book out like a nerdy tourist! |
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| View from just outside Prague Castle |
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| Few of the windows in St Vitus Cathedral |
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| Waiting for coffee in the Globe cafe |
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| One of the many puppet shops |
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| Feeding the swans along the Vltava river with Prague Castle in the background |
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| Goulash at our neighborhood pub U Novaka |
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| St Vitus Cathedral at sunset |
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| Old Town Square |
1 comments:
I like the car story, it actually made me wish I was a car. By the way Jeff I don't know if you saw but Huskies over the Beavers, double overtime! oh yeah!
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