Prague 2

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1. view from our apartment in Prague

2. view from the castle hill

3. statue near castle, behind the walls where there were all sorts of interesting 'like Sovereign Hill but not' original houses, and a prison, and this statue. With obviously fondled penis.

4. St Vitus Cathedral (near Prague Castle complex.) SO BEAUTIFUL from the outside. Inside was ok.

5. View over Prague from castle.

6. Old Jewish Cemetery behind Pinkas Synagogue. Amazing experience. Being inside the synagogue, it's a very modest building, and you see there is all this writing on the walls, in gold paint. You look closer and they are names, and dates, of people who died. You go upstairs and there are displays that once I realised what they were, I couldn't stay there. Not grotesque, not explicit, but so so sad I couldn't take it. Don't want to explain, explaining diminishes it.

7. Kafka statue

8. best ice cream sundaes ever

9. Communist Museum.

10. ditto

Prague 1

We caught the train Vienna to Prague, and saw snow on the way. I have a friend who lives in Prague. She's Slovakian, and married to a Turk. We met in the early-mid nineties at a Turkish-language school in Istanbul. She and I and another woman, all married to Turkish men, met and bonded big time. J had never met Princess, and M (the other woman) hadn't seen P since she (P) was 3, and we were in Montreal, visiting them.

Some photos:

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1. View from our window, Prague. You can see Prague Castle up the top in the distance.

2. On the train from Vienna. Snow.

3. First dinner, Prague. This was lard spread on bread, topped with chopped crackling. Rich.

4. View of Prague proper from the castle complex.

5. The church in the castle complex. Cannot remember its name. It was beautiful. 

6. The metronome clock. Every hour it does a show. Reminded me of the scene in Shrek 2 I think it was.

7. We went to a medieval-themed dinner with my friend and her son. This was the belly dancing with snake act. There were pirate fights, Hodor-like waiters (clothes-wise, not speech-wise), a band, ale and platters of meat. Also these belly dancers who worked with veils, swords and snakes. Top night.