Prague: Day 2

Hotel lobby.



the hotel



The second day we had a short tour in the morning. We went the the Prague castle, which is supposed to be the largest in the world measuring 570m in length!



St Vitus's Cathedral, which is supposed to be very similar to Stephansdom in Vienna!? It has a stained glass window my Mucha inside



Inside the cathedral. I love the tall Gothic ceilings!



stained glass windows



the royal palace



view from the catsle hill



the garden outside the castle walls



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the steps down to the Little Quarter



a typical Czech pub



the Wallenstein Palace



the Wallenstein garden



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the fountain and concert pavilion


the statue of 2 men pissing on Czech Republic??



Arriving at Charles' Bridge. The tour continued to the Old Town, which I went already yesterday, so I parted ways with the group



I went back to the Prague castle to see where the tour didn't go



St George's Basilica and Convent. I didn't go in because, again, you have to pay... These entrance fees are really starting to add up... Another place I didn't go in the castle: the Golden Lane, and street with colourful artisan cottages



the picturesque Little Quarter seen from the castle hill



Beautiful garden path outside the castle. We were lucky the weather was really nice for all 3 days when we were in Prague.



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the front of the castle



the castle square



the Loretto



the royal garden



the Belvedere in the garden



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another Church of St Nicholas at Malostranske Square in the Little Quarter



The Three Fiddles house sign on Nerudova Street. This how the houses are identified before they had house numbers



beautiful houses on Mostecka street



Palace Beethoven where he spent his time in Prague



Certovka - the devil's stream with a water mill



John Lennon wall - I don't know what's so special about this wall... but I saw people taking pictures so I took one too :P



Petrin Park, with a copy of the Eiffel tower at the top. A furnicular car will take u there.



The subways in Prague are all very deep underground. The tunnels were used to access the bomb shelters during the war.



We went to another restaurant the second night



I had roast beef with knoedel (not bread!) with some kinda vegetable sauce with pieces of fat... It's unlike anything I've tasted before...



dessert: Czech honey cake. It was actually pretty good :P



with Popi from Greece and Elena from Italy at the restaurant



with another Popi and Maria from Greece and Elena