15-24 deg C, cloudy in the morning to brilliant sunshine in the afternoon
Walk G: 10km; total: 258km
Walk W: 11 km; total: 241km
First up today was the State Opera that was shut very tightly, so we moved on to the National Museum where we spent a good couple of hours browsing. There were two parts - the Old and the New, the old was better by far. Some fantastic displays and a couple were certainly the best we’d seen in their class. The nicest part was that they had the descriptions in both Czech and English. Greg was blown away by the old building, they certainly didn’t spare any expense when building or maintaining it.
As we didn’t get any pics of the train station when we arrived a few days ago we got some today as the sun was kinda shining.
In the afternoon we recce’d the route out of the city for tomorrow’s departure, turns out it is quite straight forward. We then hiked up the hill to see the Petrin Tower. We could have also walked up to the top of the tower, or caught the lift, but when it’s all paid for and done, all you get is a pic of rooftops. We did manage to get a few pics on the way back down via a different route than the way up. Going up is easier for Wendy, and the reverse for Greg. Thankful for the transport ticket, we hopped a tram back to the hotel.
The late afternoon and night time routine followed.
We didn’t have much really nice weather for our entire stay, but we didn’t let that stop us exploring. We feel we have done the major things in Prague that we could. If we do come back, it might be in the off-season and perhaps not on a bike as you would need more clothes for the cold weather! Prague is certainly the cleanest big city we’ve been in so far this tour. They even have workers walking around with big vacuum cleaners sucking up all the tiny bits of litter, like cigarette butts, that would normally be missed.
Our wing of the hotel, our two windows are on the LHS in the middle row
State Opera, couldn’t get inside without a ticket for a guided tour and the next available date was end of August! Apparently, it has an elegant guilded stage with an illustrious history and a world class opera and ballet program. From Google pics, it looks much the same as the VSO.
The above pic has been edited to remove the vehicles, people and roadworks signs
Side view of the State Opera
One end of the main train station, there is another on the other end but we couldn’t find a way to get a photo of it
Main entrance to the main train station
Main train station
National Museum - the roadworks is to do with a new tram line they are putting in.
An early bath for the pigeons.
The tunnel was effectively a movie screen which played a Timelapse animation, one second of film represented one year of real life between 1880 and 1933.
The stunning entrance to the museum
Inside the museum
The mineral and crystal collections were the best we’ve seen anywhere
Looks like a peacock feathers
We would have paid the entrance fee just to view the empty building
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This bloke was stuffed with attitude!
The Jerusalem Synagogue
An early 20th-century synagogue demonstrating elements of art nouveau and Moorish design.
Away from the maddening crowds
Half a green building on the way up to the Tower
The paved road up to the tower
The killer stairs, the incline would have been too steep without stairs
Petrin Tower, a landmark cast-iron tower featuring a viewing deck with panoramic city and skyline views. It was built as part of the Jubilee exhibition in 1891 as a loose copy inspired by the Eiffel Tower at a ratio of 1:5. 58.7m high with 299 steps leading to its peak which is at the same altitude as the Eiffel Tower.
A church adjacent the Tower with a statue of St. Adalbert in Nice
Views form the top of the hill
National Theatre with the gold on the roof
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