Golden Wheel Prague

I was intrigued by a romantic notion of Prague's "stardust"--the crossroads of Europe, a city once larger and more magnificent than Paris or London, a city whose "glory will touch the stars", that was "on the cusp of the divine". I read "mazes of shady ...

... 70,000 square metres.  The Castle is also a UNESCO World Heritage site.  Since the Velvet Revolution, Prague Castle has undergone significant renovations and restorations.  An impressive Changing of the Guard ceremony takes place each hour ...

... ... Quality, but not so aesthetically pleasing. I took my usual solo walk through random streets, soaking up the city. Prague: pastel, sculptured, ornate buildings. All the things I've said about the other cities, but softer and more fluid ...

... and theatre. Dave would have loved to attend a performance of Verdi's Requiem at the Opera House (yes, really) but the timing is out by a few days. Anyway we loved Prague. As usual, we didn't really get more than a taste of it in the time we were ...

... them off to us. We were planning to just have a look around, but now we had access to galleries, museums and the "Golden Lane". First, we sped through a standard renaissance art gallery – clouds, angels, portraits of random people, etc. etc. -- ...

... palace with several rooms. In the first I could admire porcelain, silverware, Middle Age Italian religious paintings, rich golden and precious jewel encrusted precious objects, among all the world's greatest green diamond stone with hundreds of little ...

... and overlooks the Petrusse valley and river below. Also in the square is the Gelle Fra Memorial, a tall column crowned with a golden lady holding a wreath which was built to remember the Luxembourgers who perished in WWI. Being near one of the ...

... , a cathedral. Nutella and banana sandwiches are a tricky affair when made outside in oneś lap with a stolen knife from a hotel in Prague and with advancing pigeons on all fronts. But, we make it happen. It was also again a weird mix of sunny and 55 ...

... just the way the place was decked out with all this cool Bohemian ornamentation. Anyway, we didnt do too much else in Prague--watched Australia get beat by Brazil and made some English friends. After running some errands this morning, we got on a ...

... songs instead of writing major symphonies, I suppose. On the other hand, Strauss’ memorial is hard to miss.  A golden figure in a marble circle, Strauss (the younger) is immortalised holding his violin and playing his waltzes.  For a man ...

... Walked along the river a bit longer and then went down to the Schwarzenberg Platz where there was this cool building with this golden egg type thing on its roof. AFter that walked back through the museum quarter where we ended up taking more pictures ...

... up the various packs they had, Matt, Tom, and Seb settled into Lola. I traveled with Matt and Tom a couple years ago in Prague, Czech Republic and Berlin, Germany. They set word of coming to the states and going cross country, I happily said I'd join. ...

... we never made it.  During pregaming at Lauren's it was unreal how annoying and loud some of them got.  Silence is golden.  Bullshit, I say ducktape is silver.  We were pretty pissed we never got to go to the club.  They really ...

... too many photos we decided it was time to eat and we went in pursuit of a cheap cafe as we walked past the glistening golden dome of the Invalides where Napoleon is buried. We then got a little lost, we were trying to make our way to the Eiffel ...

... is lovely and fine here, so as dusk fell, the sky faded to a beautiful deep blue, and the town lit up its golden streetscapes, domes and statues. The highlight was arriving back at Michaelerplatz by way of the luxurious Kohlmarkt, to find a lone cellist ...

... just two minutes, and decided to walk back along the riverside to Westminster. Along the way we passed the replica of the Golden Hind, which like the original, had circumnavigated the globe. Further along was the Clink Prison Museum, built on the site of ...