Prague, Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is our last NEW country that we will see on this trip! Our original plan was to try to go to 10 countries, and in the end the Czech Republic is our 15th country we will have visited! We arrived in Prague late in the evening, strolled around a little bit and then went to find our hotel.
The Museum lit up at night!
September 27th
Today we were eager to check out Prague. We have been told by many people along this trip that Prague is a very pretty city, so here we go! We start back at the Museum and begin our independent walking tour.
Steven posing with the monument in front of the museum.
We found a building designed by Frank Gehry, a Canadian architect, the same guy who designed the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain (if you remember way back then!). This building is quite unique and it functions as an office and restaurant. The combination of materials and shapes on the top part of the building, shown in the picture on the right, gives a really interesting feeling to the building.
The leaves on the trees are starting to change colours with fall approaching and you can see the church/castle in the background, which is one of Prague's main sights.
Unique snake benches and Steven finding his way through Prague. Steven could really fit into the Medieval time period well!
As we walk up towards the Prague Castle we are given great views of the city
The Prague Castle/Church
Such delicate stain glass
Some more views of Prague. People were right, Prague is a very pretty city! Although Prague is a big city, it does not have a big city feel and is quite charming in its style.
In the Senate's garden there is this massive wall covered in this grey droppings. Green plants and bushes are slowly working their way up the wall to complement the grey wall. If you look carefully in the picture on the left, can you see any faces?
At the Senate's courtyard we were entertained by a couple of musical numbers!
A fancy astronomical clock
The town square
We really enjoyed exploring Prague and we were so happy to be able to fit this city into our travel plans! If we stayed here longer there were definitely some musical shows we would have loved to see, for example, Andrew Lloyd Webber was suppose to play in a few days, as well as Stomp. Also there are so many other great musicians to see that play Mozart and other classics.
Next Stop: Our last major city to explore...Berlin, Germany
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