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| Theo outside the dancing House |
It's a must to visit Prague when in the Czech Republic,
And having a Czech speaking cousin is the next important trick.
Theo journeyed from Brno to meet us at the airport,
Immediately handing us travel tickets which was a nice thought.
Travelling in Prague is simple, and it's even got a metro,
Though it's by time, not distance that you pay to go.
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| Getting into our Prague Apartment |
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| Visiting the New Town Hall (looks like the Old.) |
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| This is the chancel of a once imagined, and never build 'great' abbey. |
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| "Touche" One crisp on a stick. |
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| Old Town Square, looking at the 'Hussite Church'. |
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A famous view. The house right in front of the Cathedral is the French Embassy.
What's it doing there? |
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Our river trip. Interestingly the tour never mentioned the Parliament
Building, which is the place on the opposite bank.
Czechs tend to be very cynical about politics. |
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| Wenceslas on his horse. |
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| The other Wenceslas statue. |
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Smetena Museum and old town.
(Smetena means cream, but I don't think this is a dairy museum.) |
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| Charles Bridge from the river. |
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| On the bridge. (We did the Charles Bridge shuffle.) |
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| The jolly troop. |
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| View from the observatory. |
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| Segways are all the rage in Prague. |
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| And what the sign should have looked like. |
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| Theo felt the National Museum was an embarrassment. |
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| Nothing to do with me! |
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| Tea in Prague Castle. But still no Kofala. |
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| Up the tower in Jitcin. |
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| Jitcin town square. |
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| Bohemian Paradise |
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| Joanna, rock hopping. |
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| Theo in his natural element. |
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Pardubice, where we stopped on the way to Brno,
to eat pizza in the piazza |
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| Pardubice Castle- (Envelopes means Renaissance.) |
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| An advert for Starobrno- the local beer. It's full of local meaning. |
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| Villa Tugendhat. 1930's modernist masterpiece by Mies Van Der Rohe. |
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| Introducing Jana- Our only genuine Czech friend. |
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We all enjoyed getting our shoes automatically
wrapped in plastic for Tugendhat |
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| Jana and Theo take us climbing. |
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| At last, back in Brno, and the sacred Czech drink Kofola. |
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| Joanna with a new friend |
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| Elizabeth gets her museum too (dragons). |
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| Theo's flat is on the fifth floor. |
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| The view from Theo's balcony. |
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| View of the neighbouring flats across the road. |
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| Bell ringing- Jacob takes four people though. |
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| The famous caves of the Moravian Karst. |
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| We also travelled by boat. |
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| Vereri Castle- Winston and Clementine Churchill stayed her on honeymoon in 1909. |
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| On the battlements |
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| The centre of Brno. A city mixing many architectural styles. |
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| A day trip to Vienna. |
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| We climbed to the top of Karls Kirche Dome. |
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| Mum and Dad |
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| Farewell Czech |
