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Jo Crawshaw, Me and a few other friends (who decline to be named or photographed 🙂 set off to Prague.Prague is one of the places I have always really wanted to see, and I was looking forward to it.
Sarah stayed home, in order to save for our New York trip. |
| We saw this add for a car rental company.Most of the cars we saw were western and quite modern, which surprised me as Prague had been part of the eastern block, during the cold war. |  |
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We stayed in the superb diplomat hotel and had a brief “party” in our room, where the min-bar was raided.Here we pass through the front gates of the Castle, where armed soldiers perform a similar role to the ones in Buckingham Palace. |
| Heading West out of the Castle, we walk down some historic steps, before crossing the a bridge and visiting the Jewish Quarter. |  |
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An alternative route to the centre, was a walk through the famous Letna Park, which had spectacular views of Prague. |
| The old town square.An eccentric old man, played the trombone at annoying volume. |  |
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Jo and I visited a Market in the old town square.The sun hitting the square had to be photographed. |
| The famous astronomical clock.Hundreds of people flocked to see it, each hour.
To be honest, I thought it was quit bland. |
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A pipe shop, named after Sherlock Holmes.Seemed to be some problem with the spelling. |
| Wenceslass square.Not particularly different from any major shopping area, in any major city in the world.
Disappointing. |
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At the top of Wenceslass square, there was a museum.A student had famously set himself on fire, as a protest against the Russian invasion in 1968.
He died after 4 agonising days, there is a cross outside the museum to commemorate him. |
| The internationally famous Buffalo Bills Mexican restaurant.For one reason and another, we never actually got to eat there. |  |
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Statue in the park next to the Jesuit College. |
| Prague Botanical Garden.I hadn’t completely thought this through, but since it was winter, everything was dead.
Was nice to walk through the park though. |
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The famous Ginger and Fred building.Apparently, its a building made to look like 2 buildings dancing together. |
| The only authentic thing in Wenceslass square, is the internationally famous Europa Hotel.It was featured in the film Mission Impossible. |  |
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We went inside for a drink.The décor was like being in a Dickens novel. |
| Â St Charles Bridge. |  |
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As we crossed the bridge, we stopped off, to visit Kampa Island.
A rock band were performing a concert there. They weren’t exactly Metalica, but they were enthusiastic and didn’t cost any money. |
| A bit hard to see, but there was a drinking hall on Kampa Island, called Pub 1 (as you can imagine, it was next to another called Pub 2 !).
Its a bit hard to see, but the roof inside was perfectly curved. |
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The east gate of Prague castle.
It features 2 statues of Hercules. |
| Â 3 Photo’s of St Vitus’s chapel in Prague Castle. |  |
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View from the castle out over Prague. |
| We walk down from the castle, through Nerudova street in the little quarter.
The little quarter was my favourite part of Prague. |
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One of the many excellent beer halls, on Nerudova Street.
The logo denotes the name of the building, the house of the 3 fiddlers, as previously, 3 violinists had lived here. |
| Â The Church of St Nicholas, further down Nerudova street. |  |
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Another view of St Charles bridge, showing a bit more of the river. |
| National Theatre, taken from the little quarter. |  |
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A more detailed view of the Theatre building. |
| Â A tobacco shop, modelled on Winston Churchill. |  |
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To finish off the trip, before our flight home, we relax in a beer hall, next to the Old Town Square. |