Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.

Every building you come across has so much character and detail and color.

old town square

Coronation parades used to go through the Old Town Square to the Prague Castle since 1311. Tragic events, such as executions, took place there as well

  

The first houses were built around the Old Town Square in the 12 th and 13 th century.

there are 2 churches in the old town square St Nicholas, church of our lady before Tyn

 yummy donuts

 dinner with dumplings

bridge tower

  

A view of the Vltava River.

this is a historical bridge built in the mid 1300s by Emperor Charles IV. There are tons of statues lining both sides of the bridge, most of them from the 1600 and 1700s. Apparently half of them are replicas, with the originals in museums to protect them from pollution.

                    

This is a statue of John of Nepomuk (a saint for Czechs). He was a priest who received the 

Queen's confessions. The King wanted to know her secrets and when John wouldn't tell he was 

tortured and then thrown off the bridge. According the legend, 5 stars appeared after he hit the 

water.

 tower bridge

  

  

 at Prague castle

 changing of the guards

  

famous chandelier maker

the clock with Tyn church

legend has it that the clockmaker Hanuš was blinded on the order of the Prague Councillors so that he could not repeat his work; in turn, he broke down the clock, and no one was able to repair it for the next hundred years.

When the hour strikes the windows by the angel at the top open and the 12 apostles go by.

The clock was first installed in 1410, making it the third-oldest astronomical clock in the world and the oldest one still working.

The astronomical dial has a background that represents the standing Earth and sky, and surrounding it operate four main moving components: the zodiacal ring, an outer rotating ring, an icon representing the Sun, and an icon representing the Moon.

 typical food

 Franz Kafka monument, next to the Spanish synagogue 

 oh boy, Tatiana is burning love

um...ok

 who remembers these guys?

  

                                                                                                     

St. Vitus Cathedral

It was started in 1344 and finally finished in 1929. The cathedral is the resting place 

for many local saints and Habsburg kings.

                   

the organ

St. Vitus Cathedral

                   

 not sure I'd want tatiana on the back of my car

 tatiana found her store!

 crazy shoes

an 8K race at Wenceslas Square

has anyone ever done this? have your dead skin eaten by fish? 

dancing houses