I don't have many pictures from Tuesday, so I am combining Tuesday and Wedneday together. Tuesday was basically going up to the castle and back, wandering around Old Town, trying to get into the "most beautiful library in the world" the Klementinum, and failing because of confusing directions and angry library ladies, and it ended in going to "the best coffee in Prague" at Cafe Louvre.
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| Charles Bridge in the morning |
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| Interesting tree sculpture at the Klementinum |
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| Cafe Louvre cappuccino |
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| Andrea's ice cream and turkish coffee |
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| Literally the BEST cheesecake I have ever tasted, with apricot in it. |
Wednesday started at a mini mart for some sick people supplies, meandered through town to get to a monastary, then ended up at the Klementinum (finally.)
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| The persimmons and advocados look so elongated??! |
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| We stopped to examine some of the strange statues on Charles Bridge |
We stopped at the Lennon Wall, which was apparently a place of youth expression under communism, but now is just a place for people to graffiti legally.
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| There is a lot of beatles on this wall. |
We then wandered through Petrin Park looking for the Strahov monastery - an interesting historical monument where they brew their own beer (which apparently was a favorite with the city' favorite monarch, Charles IV.
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| The park is full of orchards and gardens, and is huge with really confusing paths. |
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| We saw some of our best views from this park with the trees in the foreground. |
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| Andrea was really excited about how fall-like it was |
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| We accidentally made it to the highest point in the park, with a small church, a lookout tower, and some nice walking areas. |
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| You can see all of old town and the castle |
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| I love this area, it's fantastic location with tons of walkways and little hidden areas |
We finally found our way to the monastery, and spent some time reading informational signs, before searching for somewhere to eat and try the beer.
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| Saw this interesting car.... |
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| Interesting description of the place we went to eat. |
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| Beautiful old wine cellar |
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| We all tried different beers, and they were all pretty good. Gerd's blueberry beer was pretty fantastic. |
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| We had amazingly juicy pig knuckles |
On our way back to town we passed through the castle again, and came across a crowd blocking the way, so decided to stay and see what it was about. It took about half an hour, but we ended up seeing the president as he came out for a small ceremony at the statue. Apparently he was going to give a speech at 8pm, for the czech independance day.
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| The president! |
We finally got into the klementinum by booking a tour. It was absolutely gorgeous inside. Unfortunately we cannot take pictures in the main library area, but it was definitelythe prettiest library I've ever seen.
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| Mirror Chapel, where they were preparing for a concert |
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| Stairs for using the quadrants. The steps can fold up so you can use whichever is the top step for a seat |
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| View from the top of the astronomical tower |
And with this I have caught up to today. I have one more day of Prague to post, and then we're moving on to Berlin!
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