'Stop wandering round like a lost kitten' my mother said to me today. Well I'm sorry but I think that we are a just a little bit lost!
Rewind to this morning where we started the day with a swim to ease my aching limbs (lol) and a trip to a local cafe/bakery for coffee and cake. Yes I did have cake for breakfast....I'm on holiday so I'm allowed 😜
Prague castle is often described as being a bit like being like a village (or should I say town) all of its own and seeing as we spent nearly six hours there I can't really argue about that one.
There are different tiers of tickets available to buy with each allowing for access to more galleries and buildings depending on the price. We chose the most expensive option at 350czk which meant that we had entry to the main castle buildings, the cathedral, basilica, 'story of Prague castle exhibition, art gallery, (we didn't do this one though - sorry) Rosenberg Palace exhibition and the Golden City.
I particularly enjoyed seeing the cute, colourful cottages of the Golden city which would have housed many of the tradesmen working at the castle such as the seamstresses, goldsmiths and herbalist.
The amazing architectural feat of the cathedral was another highlight of our castle trip. Work on the building began in 1344 and it wasn't actually completed until 1929! I mean talk about a work in progress.
Walking back down the hill from the castle fortress and also after getting a bit lost too we eventually reached the John Lennon wall. If you, like me are wondering what exactly is the link between John Lennon and Prague I can honestly say that I don't really know however his beliefs in peace and love were like a ray of sunshine to the down trodden people of communist Prague and John Lennon was seen as something like a hero.
When JL was shot in 1980 a single picture of a Lily was painted on a wall in Prague's lesser town; a flower that signifies peace. This sparked other artists to also contribute and soon the Lennon wall as we know today was born.
We spent the evening aboard a river cruise but alas as we had chosen the one hour option the boat didn't take us much further than the Charles Bridge and we had pretty much already walked the route multiple times.
When I was looking up 'places to go to' in Prague the Dancing House kept cropping up. An architectural marvel built in 1996 the Dancing House looks like it is literally doing just that; dancing. The building is now a hotel and I'm kicking myself that we didn't stay there. Drat
Coffee and books go together hand in hand here in Prague, much to my delight and one such cafe is 'The Globe.' We came here in the evening and whilst it had more of a restaurant/pub feel it was a good place to rest our weary heads, browse the books and as this establishment is American, catch up with what is going on with the election.
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