There I found an amazing view, different in perspective from the Petrin Tower.
Here is a shot of Petrin Tower.
After the tower I spent most of the day taking pictures of random things.
Like this statue man hanging precariously from a beam high above the streets.
This building is meant to look like a couple dancing.
How about this sign on the ladies' door? How come the stalls back home don't have hats and bags?
At one point I came across a shop where I actually found an amazing dress at a decent price. It's the coolest ever. I'm bound to take a picture of it at some point. I also found a fabulous souvenir for my gran (be excited gran, be very excited!!). I considered the Harry Potter marionettes as a souvenir for someone, but they were just too creepy. Apparently puppets and Russian Babushka dolls are a popular tourist purchase. After tiring of my aimless wandering, I headed back to the hotel to meet with the group. There I found Ashley and Ashley alone. Apparently, the tour had ended earlier than expected and everyone but Ashley had already departed. Apparently, everyone had forgotten that my cell phone was out of commission. I was just glad that Ashley had a headache and was tired and hadn't left yet. We went to the Old Town Square, checked out the stalls, and sat on the stairs of a platform in the middle of the Square to watch the Easter performances. There was a set up in front of the cathedral and young people played instruments and sang and danced and performed skits. There were girls in red plaid dresses and boys in yellow breeches. There were instruments shaped like a goat. Okay, imagine a furry bagpipe, minus all the extra pipes. Imagine that it has a carved wooden goat head attached to it. The goat has a horn curving from it's mouth. The player pumps the furry bellows with his elbow and fingers the horn coming from the goats mouth. Why a goat you ask? Well, the real question is, why would you want an instrument that can sound like a bleating goat. Because this one could.
There were many interesting items of consumption at the Market, including this sugar-coated bread cylinder. I think it's the Czech equivalent of funnel cake.
I also had bratwurst from there. One of the API girls also gave me a huge bag of jelly candies that she no longer wanted. I also couldn't resist trying the hot mead. Now whenever I read about mead, which is constantly popping up in the books I read, I will know what it's like. I tried a honey mead and it is number one in my book.
Once the proper time drew near, Ashley and I went to meet up with the others, for on Friday we went to the opera! We watched Tosca in a shiny gold opera house. The symbolism, the imagery, it was just so...so...unfathomable. There was an English translation projected onto a screen, but I still have no idea what the topless woman or the angel man or the rotund lady in red or the dog statues with glowing eyes all rolling by on a conveyor belt meant. I'm sure if I had a program, I would understand better.
This is the opera house from the island Edward and Laurie and I walked to on Saturday.
The island had many neat birds.
See if you can spot the black bird camouflaged against this wall decoration.
One last look at the cathedral from afar.
We had a lovely sunset view of Prague as we were driven to the airport.
I could have easily stayed a month there. I feel there was much more to see and enjoy. Overall, I have to say, that solitary walk up Petrin Hill was my favorite. I definitely enjoyed my moments to enjoy Prague on my own, without worrying where the rest of the group was. Everything was so beautiful. I just hope the amazingness of Prague comes across in these posts. If not, then I should have some videos up soon.
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