Greetings from Prague
Quick summary of what Jordana and I have been up to..
Flight to London was uneventful but the flight from London to Prague was interrupt by an overhead page of ! is there a doctor or nurse on the flight- and so my sleep deprived sister sprang into action and saved the day ...
Found a hostel in the old town in prague, steps from the main square.. great location. spent the first evening just exploring.
Set out yesterday for Charles Bridge and Prague Castle. I had no idea how huge the castle grounds were.. practically its own small town...saw a lot of really beautiful old buildings. Saw some other beautiful gardens in the same neighbourhood as well as a really beautiful and ornate Baroque church. Found out about a theatre festival going on and saw a really bizarre outdoor performance called !Rubish Rabbit! which involved at one point setting a barbie doll on fire °bbq° and then cutting her in half, and then chopping a fish in half and putting the barbie in it.. mermaid barbie. Weird, but funny. Later in the evening we saw another performance called SenAnderSen. Really liked it but did not totally understand what was going on. Go figure.
Today we spent the morning in Josefov, the old Jewish quarter. 5 really old synagogues, one of which is the oldest synagogue in use in Europe. Gorgeous old buildings and all really well set up as museums. I really learned a lot about the history of the Jews in area, something I knew next to nothing about before.
In the afternoon we went to the Kafka museum as well as the Mucha art museum. Embarrassed to say I knew very little about either before, but proud to say I could at least say something intelligent about both now... look at me.. getting cultured.
On the way back to the hostel it started pouring. Big time. Took our soaked selves to a Chocolate art museum. Yup. The guy paints in chocolate. The gallery smelled really good as they had a pot of chocolate and a paintbrush for people to use. So we made art.
Heading to see some live music tonight and drink some beer. Tomorrow we are off to Cesky Krumlov for the medieval festival. Looking forward to seeing the costumes...
Apologies for the lack of entertainment in the posting.. will attempt to be more humorous when its a little cheaper per minute..
Take care
Rachel
1 comment:
Hi Rachel & Jordana
Someone I work with just got back from a visit to Croatia - his old homeland. I told him you were going there for a short visit. He likes Dubrovnik, where I know you are headed, but he also recommended Plitvice Lakes north and east of D. in central Croatia. There are a number of cascade lakes that sound beautiful; there's abooooouta 3hour hike you can take around them.
Just thought it worth mentioning.
Fun on.
Jack L
Post a Comment