We started out the day and walked towards Vichyhrad which is another castle with some great views of other parts of Prague and there is a cool cathedral there too. There was a cemetery there that had beautiful headstones at each grave. The oldest grave I noticed was from the early 1700's. We walked around the whole castle and there were some awesome high walled sections that looked very ancient and so many different views of the city.
We had lunch at a charming little pizza place (and we were able to get free tap water there!) The to go box had cute dinosaurs all over it.
We then walked to an island that was at the base of Most Legii (one of the bridges there). People were feeding the swans, ducks, seagulls, and other water birds that happened along.
After that we walked around and under Charles Bridge and found this other park where peacocks and peahens were roaming free. We sat and watched an old lady feeding the peacocks and she was speaking to them in Czech. At one point, she started counting and said something to us we didn't understand and left. We, however, took the bread that she had left and began trying to feed the peacocks. We eventually were able to get them to come eat the bread from the palms of our hands. Peacocks are some of the most beautiful animals with intricate patterns all over their whole bodies and their bright blue necks were stunning. While we were feeding the peacocks though, a man came up and shouted to us and pointed at a key in his hand... We had been locked in (sheepish grin). I guess that lady that said something to us said "The park is closing, you should leave" or something like that. Oooops! Well the man graciously let us out of the park and all is good.
We kept some of the bread the lady at the peacock garden left behind and we headed back to the island with the swans and fed them by hand too!
We went back to the hostel and grabbed a bite to eat there and afterwards went to the Ice Pub that is very close to one entrance of Charles Bridge. That was hilarious. The bar area was fun and the walls were ice and there were ice statues all over. You are given a jacket and gloves and are allowed to stay in the bar for 30 minutes, all the drinks come in glasses made out of ice. It was hilarious because of the group that went in with us. There were about 6 or 7 Scottish guys there and they were just having a good ole time. Some things they would yell would be in such a thick accent, i couldn't even understand what they were saying.
Tomorrow will be an early morning getting on a bus to head to Vienna!
enjoying your posts. Sounds like you're having a great time. Papa
ReplyDeleteLibby Hedstrom wanted to tell you she loves the picture with the storm clouds and the bright buildings - she was not able to post. So I told her I would post for her.
ReplyDeleteDo you have any pictures of the ice pub? I've always wanted to go to one of those. Now I'll have to put Prague on my bucket list. Sounds like a great place!
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