Da Brlas Daily: 2014 PRAGUE: Evening 2 Old Town

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

2014 PRAGUE: Evening 2 Old Town

June 26

Walking back to our hotel via Old Town (Staré Město) and the Charles Bridge (Karlův most)

A view of Prague Castle (Pražský hrad) on the hill, across the Vltava River

Antonín Leopold Dvořák was a famous Czech composer.

Entry to the Prague Metro

In Old Town Square (Staroměstské náměstí), with a view the Church of Our Lady before Týn (Kostel Matky Boží před Týnem) in the background. It is an 11th century Romanesque-then-Gothic church.

The Astronomical Clock (Pražský orloj) is a Medieval clock from 1410 and the oldest still working in the world. It tells Astronomical Sun-Moon in the sky time, calendar time representing months, zodiac time, and the "Apostles Walk" in hourly time. It puts on a spectacle every hour.

The Charles Bridge Old Town Tower was built in a Gothic style.

On the Charles Bridge at dusk, walking toward Malá Strana and our hotel

Statue of Saints Norbert of Xanten, Wenceslas and Sigismund (sousoší sv. Norberta, Václava a Zikmunda) is one of 30 statues on Charles Bridge (Karlův most) designed in 1853. St. Wenceslas is in the middle.

I overdid it with the walking. I intended to cut through Old Town back to our hotel but we got lost a couple of times which made our walk home much longer. As it's mentioned in all the guide books, no street is straight and square here. Just because you are taking a street going in the direction you want to go, it doesn't mean it won't curve the other way. Like my driving (my sister can attest to this) we made a couple of circles back to where we started. This is not the city to "wing it" -- must consult maps!

We took a long nap and woke up too late for dinner. We walked towards the nearest McDonald's but found a cozy Mexican restaurant on the way. We were happy with our grand burritos! And that we didn't break our rule to not eat at any American chain fast food joint out of country.