Changing of the Guard

As it turned out I am glad we did get a bit lost, and I am glad we stopped and had lunch.  Because we were just in time for the Changing of the Guard and at Noon they do it with fanfare!  We arrived just in time.  Any earlier and we wouldn’t have known it [...]

We may be lost?

But we don’t care.  There are too many diversions.  On just about every street corner, or in front of music halls, or in squares we were given advertisements for concerts.  They read like this:  Castle Gala Concert at St. George’s Basilica in the Castle.  Prague Royal Orchestra. Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Bizet, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky Christmas Concert [...]

Still on the way to the Castle

      This building was PAINTED stones….           Amazing, huh?         Fancy doors opening into one of the palaces….(now government buildings or embassies)       Another hand painted "crossover" from one palace to the other….           This restaurant looked so inviting.  Lots [...]

Adventure to the Castle

  One of the days I ventured out into the city alone!  I felt very brave.  I picked a place on the map we had not visited, found the Metro and got off at the right place!  This tower was there and a lovely park.  Although Prague is very beautiful, how many pictures can you [...]

Wandering

  Again, on our way to Old Town Square, we passed an old church with a courtyard in front.  If you look closely, you can see this lady in white has something gold in her hands, and also the statues have gold branches on them.  I don’t know the reason. But at all the flower [...]