Prague - Feb Break
May 20th, 2007 - hey there folks...its a rainy sunday here in Romania...and probably the last weekend i need to prep for school...as we have four weeks left in the classroom, although the last week doesn't really count....so exciting...it been a stormy weekend here...and we had a HUGE storm on friday night...thunder + lightning...the works...it was beautiful...bucharest also hosted its first ever formula racing event...i guess the city looked good on TV...i didn't watch but others did....i am trying to finish off my feb break with this entry...so it could be quite long...just a warning...but then again, if you ever hear from me, you know i am wordy....but below and above are the shots from prague....i loved this town...quaint, old world and fun...it was a great visit with my friend jennifer...the shot above was from our first hour in the city....sitting along the banks of the vlata having lunch....it was a beautiful day....hope you enjoy the pictures :)
this shot is of the palace side of the city at night...the palace is huge...and the main part you can see is the cathedral....just stunning at night...i forget what its like to have a river running thru a city...but everytime i got somewhere with water, i realize how much i miss it...important for the next living place i have decided :)
the astro clock is pictured above...probably one of the most famous spots in prague....every hour it "chimes" and there are usually a ton of folks watching it...it has meaning for both parts, but even the guide we had couldn't remember what the heck most of it was for...i did get the sun and moon position...but that's to be expected :)
this is the charles bridge...we stayed on the opposite side...and needed to cross it quite a bit...its a cool, pedestrian only place...stunning and full of artisans....i bought things, which is very unlike me...but i loved the folks who were selling their wares...the bridge was quite cool as well...and very pretty when lit up at night....
prague is where franz kafka is from, such a mororse writer....you should read metamorphosis if you get the chance...but it is strange ...anyway...i thought this statue/work of art in front of the kafka museum was hilarious...the men's hips swiveled and they were found peeing...just funny :)
this is me and my favorite building in prague...its called the fred & ginger dancing building....its it amazing!!!! i just loved it....
the jewish section of prague is quite tiny, as is the population...it never returned to its former glory before world war 2....but the jewish section is a beautiful part of town...most of the buildings are historical landmarks...and the most incredibly crowded cemetary was there...
prague has a wall to commenorate john lennon...it is full of grafitti and is quite striking...this is only about 1/4 of it....but i did like this section....
this shot was taken in the old portion of the town...its a water source from a long time ago...now its a beautiful metal structure...although we were told its bad luck to touch it....so i am assuming based on that it is no longer used...still...its pretty :)
here's another art oriented shot in the old part of town...aren't they cool chairs...and they were huge...i should have gotten a picture on them, but we were touring the city at this point and moving quite fast to get to the next part...i still liked the look of them...very creative...
the shot above is the ceiling of the old town hall...so ornate...just loved it....this place is used for weddings...as a matter of fact, while we were around the old town hall, we saw about 5-6 weddings come out and take pictures with the astro clock...beautiful setting, wouldn't you say...it was funny, our city guide said this was the one place in the city people had to reserve at least 1/2 a year in advance...jennifer and i just giggled as we know how long people reserve things in the states....the world is so different....
i love this shot from the top of the old town hall, looking down when the astro clock is about to chime the hour...a friend of mine who was just in prague last weekend said the amount of tourists there now is just crazy....so glad i was there in feb...it was crowded, but bearable...
here's another shot from the top of the old town hall...this is what i always picture in my head for old-world, quaint type of town in europe...so it was great to finally see it and from above no less :)
here's jennifer in the tower with the shot of the main square church behind her....the lady tyn church...very cool and has a ghost that haunts it...we took a ghost tour of the old town...it was fun...but not really scary :)
here i am with the palace in the far distance...unfortunately the day we were up there was a bit hazy and very windy...it still was beautiful to be there...
prague is sometimes compared to venice...there are a few places where there are canals...and in this specific canal there is a water wheel...no longer used...but we had a guide tell us it still moves...we stayed really close to this spot in a quiant B&B...i would highly recommend it to anyone...the charles bridge b&b...
here's another shot of the palace...especially the cathedral..you can pretty much see this structure from anywhere in prague...as it is up on a hill and HUGE!!!! quite an amazing piece of architecture...bad spelling i think...oh well....
here's the gothic entrance to the cathedral...it kept getting interrupted while being built so it starts off gothic, but changes three or four times as you get further from the entrance...its cool...
this is the cathedral from the back....just a stunning building...and we didn't get to visit it for very long....timing as you know is everything and we were just off for this building...oh well...i'll go back i am sure...
this was a cool building in prague, the jewish section to be specific...i just loved the outside woodwork of it...and you can see david's star all over it if you look close enough...
while we toured the city, we actually came across the romanian embassy....the hungarians and the romanians hate each other it seems...as most of the revolution here when the dictator was here was started by the hungarians who lived here...and the the romanians have never given them credit...but maybe i have the wrong story...anyway...i thought it would be funny to show you a romanian embassy....
the next few shots are from two of the many churches in prague....the one above is st. james...i loved the altar section and the ceiling of this church....
this is the ceiling....just incredible...and this picture does not do it justice...
this enormous chandelier is in st. nicholas...its a russian church and the chandelier is in the formation of the tsar's crown....its HUGE...and breath-taking....and of course i had to get a final shot of me and a beer and a shot and a pretzel...these are the mainstays of the czech republic....seems to be a theme of alcohol in eastern europe and of course, you need to try it all at least once...
i had a blast in prague and would recommend that city to anyone...beautiful views, excellent food, fun artisans and just a great overall place to be...get there is you can :) i'll be back with turkey and italy....i will get this finished before i head out for my summer plans...i promise...i have four weeks....hope all is well...
May 20th, 2007 - hey there folks...its a rainy sunday here in Romania...and probably the last weekend i need to prep for school...as we have four weeks left in the classroom, although the last week doesn't really count....so exciting...it been a stormy weekend here...and we had a HUGE storm on friday night...thunder + lightning...the works...it was beautiful...bucharest also hosted its first ever formula racing event...i guess the city looked good on TV...i didn't watch but others did....i am trying to finish off my feb break with this entry...so it could be quite long...just a warning...but then again, if you ever hear from me, you know i am wordy....but below and above are the shots from prague....i loved this town...quaint, old world and fun...it was a great visit with my friend jennifer...the shot above was from our first hour in the city....sitting along the banks of the vlata having lunch....it was a beautiful day....hope you enjoy the pictures :)
this shot is of the palace side of the city at night...the palace is huge...and the main part you can see is the cathedral....just stunning at night...i forget what its like to have a river running thru a city...but everytime i got somewhere with water, i realize how much i miss it...important for the next living place i have decided :)
the astro clock is pictured above...probably one of the most famous spots in prague....every hour it "chimes" and there are usually a ton of folks watching it...it has meaning for both parts, but even the guide we had couldn't remember what the heck most of it was for...i did get the sun and moon position...but that's to be expected :)
this is the charles bridge...we stayed on the opposite side...and needed to cross it quite a bit...its a cool, pedestrian only place...stunning and full of artisans....i bought things, which is very unlike me...but i loved the folks who were selling their wares...the bridge was quite cool as well...and very pretty when lit up at night....
prague is where franz kafka is from, such a mororse writer....you should read metamorphosis if you get the chance...but it is strange ...anyway...i thought this statue/work of art in front of the kafka museum was hilarious...the men's hips swiveled and they were found peeing...just funny :)
this is me and my favorite building in prague...its called the fred & ginger dancing building....its it amazing!!!! i just loved it....
the jewish section of prague is quite tiny, as is the population...it never returned to its former glory before world war 2....but the jewish section is a beautiful part of town...most of the buildings are historical landmarks...and the most incredibly crowded cemetary was there...
prague has a wall to commenorate john lennon...it is full of grafitti and is quite striking...this is only about 1/4 of it....but i did like this section....
this shot was taken in the old portion of the town...its a water source from a long time ago...now its a beautiful metal structure...although we were told its bad luck to touch it....so i am assuming based on that it is no longer used...still...its pretty :)
here's another art oriented shot in the old part of town...aren't they cool chairs...and they were huge...i should have gotten a picture on them, but we were touring the city at this point and moving quite fast to get to the next part...i still liked the look of them...very creative...
the shot above is the ceiling of the old town hall...so ornate...just loved it....this place is used for weddings...as a matter of fact, while we were around the old town hall, we saw about 5-6 weddings come out and take pictures with the astro clock...beautiful setting, wouldn't you say...it was funny, our city guide said this was the one place in the city people had to reserve at least 1/2 a year in advance...jennifer and i just giggled as we know how long people reserve things in the states....the world is so different....
i love this shot from the top of the old town hall, looking down when the astro clock is about to chime the hour...a friend of mine who was just in prague last weekend said the amount of tourists there now is just crazy....so glad i was there in feb...it was crowded, but bearable...
here's another shot from the top of the old town hall...this is what i always picture in my head for old-world, quaint type of town in europe...so it was great to finally see it and from above no less :)
here's jennifer in the tower with the shot of the main square church behind her....the lady tyn church...very cool and has a ghost that haunts it...we took a ghost tour of the old town...it was fun...but not really scary :)
here i am with the palace in the far distance...unfortunately the day we were up there was a bit hazy and very windy...it still was beautiful to be there...
prague is sometimes compared to venice...there are a few places where there are canals...and in this specific canal there is a water wheel...no longer used...but we had a guide tell us it still moves...we stayed really close to this spot in a quiant B&B...i would highly recommend it to anyone...the charles bridge b&b...
here's another shot of the palace...especially the cathedral..you can pretty much see this structure from anywhere in prague...as it is up on a hill and HUGE!!!! quite an amazing piece of architecture...bad spelling i think...oh well....
here's the gothic entrance to the cathedral...it kept getting interrupted while being built so it starts off gothic, but changes three or four times as you get further from the entrance...its cool...
this is the cathedral from the back....just a stunning building...and we didn't get to visit it for very long....timing as you know is everything and we were just off for this building...oh well...i'll go back i am sure...
this was a cool building in prague, the jewish section to be specific...i just loved the outside woodwork of it...and you can see david's star all over it if you look close enough...
while we toured the city, we actually came across the romanian embassy....the hungarians and the romanians hate each other it seems...as most of the revolution here when the dictator was here was started by the hungarians who lived here...and the the romanians have never given them credit...but maybe i have the wrong story...anyway...i thought it would be funny to show you a romanian embassy....
the next few shots are from two of the many churches in prague....the one above is st. james...i loved the altar section and the ceiling of this church....
this is the ceiling....just incredible...and this picture does not do it justice...
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