I walked into a Disney Fairytale!

Charles Bridge

... I arrived in Prague! Here I was staying with a nice guy who just returned from India.  I lucked out because he was having friends over and he cooked us all traditional Indian food.  Yumm!!  The first day I attempted to go see things but it was raining cats and dogs so that didn't happen.  I woke up early the second day ready to go only to be welcomed by crappy weather again.  It wasn't exactly raining but it was cloudy and looked foggy as you can see in my pictures.

Statue outside of Kafka museum

Astronomical Clock

First I walked across the Charles Bridge (random fact: Kanye West filmed his music video Diamonds from Sierra Leone in Prague and part of it is on this bridge) from the Lesser Quarter (Mala Strana) to the Old Town Square.  Of course here they have multiple churches and a really neat Astronomical clock.  Also there was a nice Easter market here. The story has it that the architect of the clock had his eyes poked out by the Prague Councillors so that he wouldn't be able to reproduce his work.  Harsh!  Then I walked down to the Estates Theater where Mozart made his premiere with Don Giovanni.  Then I visited Wenceslas Square which is named after Saint Wenceslas (you know the guy from the Christmas carol Good King Wenceslas... he was actually just a Saint). 

Municipal House Hall

Then I walked down to the Powder Tower and the Municipal House Hall.  Here is where part of XXX (with Vin Diesel... the part where he is eating lunch with the female spy and then gets shot at from another building across the street) was filmed.  I continued by going to the oldest functioning synagogue in Europe (Old-New Synagogue) and the Kafka Museum.  Since I had to study Kafka in college I really enjoyed the museum but most people go to see the statue in front of the museum.  It is of 2 men using the bathroom.  Their hips swivel and other areas also move to make it seem even more realistic.  Quite strange but yet funny at the same time.  Before it got dark I walked over to see the John Lennon Wall.  It was first painted by young Czechs who wanted to express their opinions which also included the portrait of John Lennon and many Beatles's lyrics.  The day after it was painted authorities painted over it.  Young people came back and painted it again and authorities did the same.  This went on for some time until authorities gave up and now the portrait of John Lennon is long lost under layers and layers of graffiti.  After this I went to Prague castle.

View from the Prague Castle

John Lennon Wall

Peacock at Wallenstein Palace

According to Guinness Book of World Records this is the largest castle in the World.  It was pretty extensive and is well preserved despite many fires.  It is high on a hill so it had some very spectacular views and I would be lying if I didn't immediately think of what it would have been like to be a real princess as soon as I walked in the Castle.  What can I say Disney movies gave me false hopes as a child.  Something really cool inside the Castle was that they painted the family lineage on the walls and ceilings.  Outside of the church at Prague castle I got to catch a glimpse of a Czech rap music video being filmed... quite funny.  Before I went back I walked past Wallenstein Palace and the gardens, which is the Parliament building.  The gardens are beautiful and I even got to catch a glimpse at some regular and white peacocks.  I must say I was quite excited. 

Met some great people in Prague but unfortunately the weather was crap so hopefully at some point I will get to return and see it in a better light.  Then I left Prague only to have to travel almost 10 hours to make it to...