Monday 9 April 2007

Prague - Day 4

Today we spent most of the day in the Mana Strana exploring the area by Prague Castle and Petrin Hill. The weather was gorgeous so it was a perfect day to walk around. We walked through the street of the Mala Stana which are extremely hilly and lead up to Prague Castle.




We made it to the castle grounds just in time to see the changing of the guards.







Later, we hiked up Petrin Hill and then Petrin Tower (which is a 1/5 model of the Eiffel Tower in Paris - maybe we'll see that soon!)....





From the top, there are beautiful vistas of Prague in every direction. It was a clear day and we got a lot of great pictures!





Heaven forbid we stop walking around, so we decided to recharge our batteries at Square, another Kampa Group restaurant by the Charles Bridge. We walked over to the streets of Mala Strana close to the bridge and after what seemed like forever found the most hidden site in Prague (not really, just hard for us): The Lennon Wall.



If you squint, you might be able to see where Jon left his mark for us.


Later, we found the Kafka Museum with this lovely statue in the front:


We were strolling home and we happened across the Wallenstein Gardens where we finally sat to take it all in. We found two lovely peacocks and this one was nice enough to provide a show for us while we were there.


We saved a very special restaurant close to the Charles Bridge for our last dinner: V Zatisi. Seriously in need of a diet after this trip because it has been one binge after the next - it is hard to say no with cuilinary experiences like these!

1 comment:

Masha said...

1) Lennon was IS the hardest "attraction" to find in Prague

2) Madareeeeeeeeeen means clementine (my favorite citrus fruit by the way) in russian and I am assuming in czech too and there are lots of songs about them... anyway...