Hey all,
So you all seem to be really interested in Prague, particularly Brandy. Ha ha. I just want to let you know Brandy that the tour guide told us the the thing you are supposed to rub on the Charles Bridge is not true. I guess it is just some tourist attraction, she told us that you a rubbing the wrong statue if you rub that one. I will try to get to the Tiger bar though.
What we did today-we went on a 5 hour tour that covered all quarters of the city and ended up at the palace that over looked the city at night. Looked amazing.
Some of the places that we saw- Old Town, New Town, Jewish Quarter, Less Quarter an the Castle.
Old town is just the older section of Prague, very beautiful architecture and I wish everyone could see it. This also includes the square with the astronomical clock. This clock is amazing, it was created in the 14th century and can tell you when the sun rises, sets, when its dark, when its light, and what day it is. I am not sure how they did that but it is pretty cool. The other interesting part of the clock is that on the hour these windows open and apostles walk by.
New Town- the main street and where most of the protests took place. The lady was talking about so many people I didn't know, I couldn't recall it all. But there were events like the velvet revolution (end of the cold war) and other events that are important parts of their history.
Jewish Quarter- nothing to exciting, just a bunch of old synagogues that you can look at.
Lesser Quarter is the part of the city between the palace and the river. Its a small area but has some nice churches and architecture.
The Castle- one of the largest fortified castles in all of Europe- the tour guide said the largest but I doubt it. Any way, it was great to see cause it had houses, incredibly beautiful churches and offices for the branches of government. At the end, we went to the garden that over looked the city at night, and as I said before it was amazing.
Other things to note-service is really slow here. I mean, its slow all over Europe but particularly slow here. We waited 25 minutes for the check. We did everything under the sun to try to attract the waiters attention and it failed. At one point I blew out the candle at our table hoping that he would see it was out and would try to relight it. haha.
Also, everything here is expensive. Which I don't understand. This is a poor country and we should be able to have some benefits, but no. For example, a deck of cards cost me $5. Who pays $5 for a deck of cards! Oh well.
The garnet is nice and plentiful here. I did see a lot of nice jewelry, but I don't think I am going to buy any cause I am not sure if it is something that anyone would wear. I know you have the cross, but I am not sure if you would want anything else. I will tell Chris that it is your birth stone Kayla, maybe he will.
I think this is my last post until Friday because we will be traveling all day tomorrow.
Stay safe in this bad weather everyone.
Matt
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Enjoyed the blog about Prague. Did you see the Clinton picture?
ReplyDeleteAs if the nasty snow, ice and penetrating rain wasn't enough today.........................
The weather forecast for Saturday is ....snow. I either heard the Channel 7 News weatherman say either half a foot or a foot. Either way we will be waiting for you at Logan.
mom
Mom- I think you would also like to know that every soda that we have gotten here has been in a glass bottle. I know how much you like that, so maybe you should come here and get all the glass bottles that you want.
ReplyDeleteI also got to mention to everyone that it seems like everyone still doesn't like Americans...for example, our tour guide asked us what you call a person who knows two languages, we all said bilingual, then she ask for three and we said multilingual, then she said what do you call a person who only knows one language...and she goes: "American"....at that point I turn to Chris and ask who is not going to get a tip today. He goes who? I told him our tour guide! Ha ha.
Sorry our language is the number one language in the world.
I am really trying to take in the culture etc, so don't call me an ass for not learning your language.
Well it sounds like you guys had a great time!
ReplyDeleteoh by the way- I really wasnt looking for jewelry. I just thought you may want something that was garnet. I got a small garnet heart pendent when I was there. No need to ask for more.
Did you go into a church with the hand hanging from the ceiling? Its in a church off of the old town. You have to walk towards the center so that the astronomical clock is behind you and you can see the steeple of that huge building in front of you. While standing in the center facing this, you have to go off to the left somewhere...Not sure your tour guide told you about that....it seems like she wasnt the nicest of tour guides...Im guessing most of the tourists you were on this tour with were not American?
be safe and ill possibly talk to you on friday
Matt,
ReplyDeleteThat joke about speaking multiple languages is pretty funny. I am sure that Aunt Kathy can use it some time if she has to give a talk at a foreign language conference!
I am hearing a lot about Russia's decision to turn off gas to Ukraine which in turn is starting to create gas shortages in Eastern Europe - hope you guys don't get caught up in that - it could get very cold.
I hope Chris is taking a lot of pictures!
See you this weekend.
Dad