day 39 - prague

28 june 2009

we went to see prague castle today and told the ticket girl we were students, and she believed we were under 26. woohoo!

most of the time was spent in st.vitus's cathedral which had amazing vaulted ceilings and side chapels with detailed stained glass windows. i remember listening to the audioguide and hearing about a saint who had his son strangled, but then he repented and became a devout christian... and then he became a saint...


we also saw the dalibor tower, a medieval prison, and checked out the place where "the defenestration" occurred with 3 guys chucked out a window and survived, whereupon they were shot, but also survived... wow.


after, we strolled along charles bridge which was riddled with touristy booths and construction, but i can see it being very beautiful with less people. there were musicians playing as well, and this one group was playing chilled jazz.

at old town hall, we saw a michael jackson vigil which was a little weird. how could the king of pop have possibly touched the lives of teenagers so deeply? oh well. we made fun of them.


then we hung around to watch the astronomical clock do it's thing, eager to see just how crappy it is (after james let us know how budget it really was). he was soooooo right. it blew. hard.


walked to wenceslas square and saw the saint's kickass statue, then came back to the hostel.

in the metro, we witnessed a group of guys getting fined 700Kc for not having a ticket... that's about CAN$43

went out to get a quick bite to eat where nusbaum lost the credit card draw (finally) and then we played a last round of asshole.

other: kim chen in response to what has scarred her travelling with us, "the random 'wh@re c$%t' is a little much." (editor 2010 - this is very innocent actually, and makes sense if you have seen the james lipton extra on the old school dvd. if this makes no sense to you, so be it. probably for the best)