Our last day in Prague we planned to have a bit lighter than usual. Our plan was to walk to the Prague Castle, and then to see the sculpture of Franz Kakfa's head (done by the same artist as the peeing men from the day before). We woke up and went early in the morning before it got to warm and too crowded. The walk up to Prague Castle wasn't too bad, and we were there about the time it opened. Prague Castle is the biggest ancient castle in the world and was a residence for the kings and Holy Roman Emperors, and is still the residence for the president of Czech Republic.
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| The view on our way to the Prague Castle. |
We opted to just walk around the grounds and not go into any of the museums. There was lots to see, including the changing of the guard, beautiful landscaping and fountains, and beautiful architecture throughout. We spent a few hours on the grounds and really enjoyed it. We also really loved the view of the city from the hill - it was worth the climb just to see that view. One thing that we noticed is that there were lots of Asian couples taking wedding photos - we saw probably five or six different couples.
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| Christmas in July. Well, it is almost July |
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| St. Vitus Cathedral |
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| Gargoyles on the Cathedral walls |
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| Family with a view! |
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| Lexa, the model! |
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| View from the other side of the cathedral |
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| Little courtyard by the Cathedral |
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| Sending a post card from Prague. Who is the lucky recipient? That person will find out in a couple of weeks. |
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| Courtyard with a statue. |
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| A view of St. Vitus Cathedral from lower grounds |
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| Gardens inside the castle grounds. |
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| Guards |
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| Changing of the guard |
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| Changing ceremony |
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| More Gothic architecture. |
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| One of the beautiful views of Prague from the castle. |
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| Lots of girl-tourist were striking this pose for their pictures. We decided to have fun and copy them. This is Nika. She took the modeling very seriously! |
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| Lina |
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| That's Lexa's regular pose, so she didn't have to work on anything. |
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| Sophie |
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| Mama. |
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| And the winner is ... Papa! |
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| Another beautiful view of Prague |
We walked down the hill and caught a tram to the mall where the Franz Kafka head was located. The statue moved around in very interesting ways and was completely fascinating. We stopped and had Subway sandwiches for lunch before walking back to our apartment.
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| Getting on the tram. We used them a lot while in Prague. |
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| Franz Kafka statue. Each level moves. There are a total of 40 plates/levels that make up the statue. The entire head also rotates around once in awhile. |
The walk back to the apartment led us through the souvenir district, and so we spent some time looking at things and bought a few keepsakes while we were there. Yulia got a new bag to replace the one that had broken on our second day in Russia, and I got a stein to drink my herbal tea out of. My dad used to have a set he got on his mission to Germany that we would drink lemon herbal tea out of - so I got it in memory of him.
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| Checking our a puppet shop. |
We also happened by the astronomical clock when it was set to chime again, so we stayed and watched it a second time. We spent a few hours at home packing and staying cool, and then went out to dinner. We went to a place just around the corner from where we were staying and had another amazing round of Czech food. We were very happy with our culinary choices in Prague! That was it, our time in Prague was at an end.
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| At dinner Mimi and Taraz were making Lexa laugh. Of course, one doesn't have to work too hard to make Lexa laugh. |
