Sunday, October 13, 2013

Prague. Day 2

Day 2

Oh, day 2 was a typical "tourist walking through the city" kinda day. We woke up early in the morning, had a big family breakfast and  made a plan for the day. Luckily the tram station was right next to us, so we went directly up the hill to the Prague Castle. On the tram we spotted rather interesting people ( do you see guy sitting behind me with the knife on his belt ?).

Thankfully we made it safely to the castle, which to our surprise turned out to be a a whole complex of castle, cathedrals, monasteries, museums etc. 


There is no way in the world we could have seen it all in one day, so we tried to make the best of it. 

We visited St Vitus Cathedral ( that took over 6 centuries to finish) in Gothic style with really inspiring stained glass windows and lots of details.  




...Vladislav Hall ( famous for defenestrations that started couple European military conflicts) and a a very cute Romanesque Basilica of St. George. 


The sun was shining outside so we took our time to fool around and make pictures.


 

I did not really notice that we were so high on the hill, as it took us forever to get down, but we were grateful for the panoramic city views.


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 It was a great place to take romantic couple pictures, but... we slightly failed..

As we got down to the old city, we stopped to snack on traditional Czech desert - kolache. It's a simple cinnamon roll that you can find on every corner in the city.
 


 We finally got to Charles Bridge, which was full with tourists, musicians and artists. Being good tourists we made tons of pictures, Ismael bought a street musician CD, as he always does, and we stopped for a coffee at one of those terrace cafes. 







My frustration with the crowds grew with my hunger, so we headed to the restaurant we didn't get in on the previous day. We might have over-ordered, but it was delicious and felt like home. 




We ended our day shaking that substantial dinner off with some salsa dancing. Perfect day.



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