We arrived late on Thursday night and woke up early on Friday to get stuck into the sight seeing.We awoke to a beautiful Friday and decided to walk into town. We wandered along the river, taking in the beatuiful scenery, to the Old Town Square. We grabbed a coffee and while waiting for our walking tour to start we watched the Astronomical clock strike 11am. This is an amazing clock which dates back to 1410, so it celebrated its 600th anniversary on October the 9th 2010. As you can tell from the picture it has a number of dials which all represent different things. Below the clock is a calendar which has 365 Czech names, one of these names must be chosen for a new born as the Czech republic celebrates their birthday and their name day.
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| Our hotel |
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| A beer bridge at the brewery |
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| The three of us walking along the river. |
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| Our beautiful view while walking into town. |
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| Paul and a nice view of Prague in the background |
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| Old Town square |
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| Astronomical clock |
Video of the clock striking
We then headed over to meet our walking tour guide. We spent the next few hours walking around the beautiful city listening to the guides stories and learning the history of the old city.
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| Church of Our Lady Before Tyn in background. (In the golden balls at the peak of the church are the architectural drawings of the church. Therefore if the church was destroyed a replica could be built.) |
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| Inside the St Nicholas church |
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| Beautiful art work that covered the walls in St Nicholas. |
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| National Theatre |
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| Wallenstein Gardens |
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| Ash and I at the gardens |
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| Ashlea having a rest at the Gardens |
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| The scary wall surrounding the Gardens with Ash doing something........ |
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| In the background there is a cage that housed cute large owls. |
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| Wheres Wally?! |
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| Inside Prague Castle |
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| The ladys in front of St Vitus |
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| Inside St Vitus |
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| Changing of the guards |
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| Changing of the guards. |
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| View from the Prague Castle |
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| A very long street |
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| John Lennon memorial wall |
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| The padlock bridge - It is believed that you place a padlock on the bar and throw the key in the water, in order to have eternal love. |
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| Statue of St John of Nepomuk on Charles bridge - It is believed to give good luck when touched. Can you see Ash touching it? |
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| Lauren and David on Charles Bridge |
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| Infant Jesus of Prague in Our Lady of Victory church. |
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Paul and David outside the Absinths shop.
 Paul and I at the top of the tower  Eiffel Tower.. in Prague  Having a beer while overlooking Prague. What a long first day. |
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