Eleni, Nikki and I spent the past weekend in the wonderfully beautiful city of Prague and please tell me that it wasn't real!! We travelled Friday morning and arrived with a sign that, believe it or not, had my name spelled CORRECTLY except that it said "Mr. Tumey"....dad, were you there?? The car driver appologized (in Italian!!) and dropped us off right in front of our apartment. Now let me explain: This company (yes it's professional) rents apartments all over the city and then rents them by the night to tourists and guests. It was cheap and easy and you would not believe the apartment that we got!!! I was newly renovated just two weeks ago. We practically lived in an IKEA catalogue and were loving every minute of it!!
Everything was in walking distance including all of these things we saw:
The Old Castle...when we thought we couldn't find it we found out that we had been walking around inside it all morning! haha What is it with me missing these things? First the Pantheon, now the CASTLE?!?! In our defense it is no longer an old castle but just the existing walls with newer buildings creating the "fortress". In the middle of the castle walls, and the focus of the hill is St. Vitus' Cathedral, a massive, towering Barroc-style cathedral. From start to finish the catherdral took a total of 600 years to build, being consecrated finally in 1929.
Charles Bridge...What a beautiful civic element with a beautiful history. Karluv Must (that's it's Czech name) "is more than just crossing a river". There are 30 statues evenly placed across the 1.700-foot long, cobble stone paved bridge. Musicians and souvenier sellers line the walk, which takes a leisurely 5 minutes to cross.
Fred and Ginger...Oh, Frank Gehery, you have done it again! In all honesty it wasn't that bad, but apparently Pragians HATE it. Fred blends in with a twist on traditional Prague architecture. Ginger on the other hand (although Eleni swears "she is so sexy") disregards contextual precedence. Nonetheless, with detailed connections and handsome curves, the building was well worth the walk across the river.
Next was the Staromestska Radnice, or Old Town Hall. This is the location of the famous Astrological Clock installed in the 19th Century. The vast square serves as a gathering place for the whole city and we got a sense of friendly community on Saturday afternoon. People from all ages were playing soccer, reading, walking, eating and chatting, waiting for the bells to chime on the hour, everyhour.
I also found out some interesting facts while in Prague:
-Eleni and Nikki are deathly afraid fo puppets. Yea the ones on strings! They were everywhere (since Prague is known for beer, garnets and puppets) and the two of them would run by every stand or storewhen they saw them. WIERD! haha
-The beer doesn't taste like crap! We had lunch in one of Prague's largest beer factories right in the heart of the city. Their house dark lager was not too shabby...and I don't even LIKE beer!
-The Czech Krown is cheap (their currency).
-You cannot beat a city tour in an old '60s convertible with a crazy driver who has an Orlando Magic hat on. Enough Said!
-I would live in Prague! (sorry mom hehe)
5 comments:
I would move to Prague then
I told you that Prague was awesome!!
It was the greatest place I have visited too. Just like you said after being there, Ania and I said we could live there too!
Maybe we can be neighbors!
...don't forget to email Iza...
I love Prague! I liked it even more than Rome. ... My mom wants to know when are you coming to Poland. She told me you have to visit them.
just got a call from mom - she is running to IKEA and converting your room here to look like the apt in Prague so you dont have to move there! Tucker will meow on the hour each hour for ya...
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