Prague - a Czech day
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On the last day in Prague, we decided to do everything Czech - Czech food, Czech souvenir hunting, Czech marionette performance...
Early in the morning, we headed to Kava Kava Kava again. haha. Just had to go back to the hot choc the others ordered the night before.
Then went back to the Easter market beside the Astronomical Clock Tower. We tried this snack called "Langose". It's a large piece of dough (which I can't finish) with tomato sauce and cheese spread over it. I think Hazel and Ben started first, when we saw em eating... we just gotta try it. Then gradually it became a Czech food trying session in the market. hehe...
Yisi and I each having a piece of Langose, which i eventually couldn't finish and had to share w other guys :P
Strawberry & banana covered w choc...
which Yisi cannot resist :)
JY having a huge hotdog for breakfast
Deep fried bread sticks covered with cinnamon and sugar - super-duper yummy! haha...
After that we walked back to Charles Bridge again. Yes, AGAIN. sorry to kp bringing you to Charles Bridge, haha.. actually wanted to catch change of guards outside the palace, but cuz were lazying around in Kava, and taking our time to try Czech snacks, we missed it. One of the end towers of Charles Bridge is accessible to visitors i.e. you can climb up the tower to get a panoramic view across the river. We found out that we gotta pay, and being students on budget... we took photos from openings of the tower along the way up. hehe.
the tower on Charles Bridge where you can go to the top
Crossing the Charles Bridge to the Castle...
Up to the top with a really nice view of Prague Again...
somehow the 3 of us just look spas in this pic.
Ben trying to act cool in his aviator shades =P
There's a lot less visitors to Prague Castle cuz it's a Monday.
And amazingly, weekdays DO make a difference. The day before, you'd have to queue at least an hour to get into the Gothic cathedral. Monday - nobody! This Gothic church looks impressive on the outside, and the stained glasses are really pretty.
view of gothic cathedral from outisde
Gargoyles perched on the edges are characteristic of gothic cathedrals. They're not to scare pple or devils away, there really there to drain water off cuz the mouth of gargoyles are pipe openings :)
As night falls, we indulged in Czech dinner! Found a restaurant at the top of the hill, and the view overlooking Prague was breathtaking.
I tried Czech dumplings. Really different concept from Chinese dumplings. It's nice eating the first one.. when i reached the last one, i was so tired of it cuz they're just too starchy. Well, but it's still a nice meal :)
Some night pics courtesy of YS and JY :
'Don Giovanni' is called the 'Operas of Opera' composed by W.A. Mozart. Since it's specially composed for the Czechs and it's a marionette performance, we had to watch it! Killing 2 birds w 1 stone~ :)
This is the stage of the marionette performance. These marionettes, unlike the souvenir kind sold at shops, are size of 8-9 year old kids. Really big. Just imagine Sesame Street, but these marionettes are controlled from the top. The entire opera was sang in its original language - Italian. The entire performace was quite funny, and puppeteers controlled them very well, injecting humourous scenes in between.
Puppeteers showing themselves at the end of the performance :)
Early in the morning, we headed to Kava Kava Kava again. haha. Just had to go back to the hot choc the others ordered the night before.
Then went back to the Easter market beside the Astronomical Clock Tower. We tried this snack called "Langose". It's a large piece of dough (which I can't finish) with tomato sauce and cheese spread over it. I think Hazel and Ben started first, when we saw em eating... we just gotta try it. Then gradually it became a Czech food trying session in the market. hehe...
Yisi and I each having a piece of Langose, which i eventually couldn't finish and had to share w other guys :P
Strawberry & banana covered w choc...
which Yisi cannot resist :)
JY having a huge hotdog for breakfast
Deep fried bread sticks covered with cinnamon and sugar - super-duper yummy! haha...
After that we walked back to Charles Bridge again. Yes, AGAIN. sorry to kp bringing you to Charles Bridge, haha.. actually wanted to catch change of guards outside the palace, but cuz were lazying around in Kava, and taking our time to try Czech snacks, we missed it. One of the end towers of Charles Bridge is accessible to visitors i.e. you can climb up the tower to get a panoramic view across the river. We found out that we gotta pay, and being students on budget... we took photos from openings of the tower along the way up. hehe.
the tower on Charles Bridge where you can go to the top
Crossing the Charles Bridge to the Castle...
Up to the top with a really nice view of Prague Again...
somehow the 3 of us just look spas in this pic.
Ben trying to act cool in his aviator shades =P
There's a lot less visitors to Prague Castle cuz it's a Monday.
And amazingly, weekdays DO make a difference. The day before, you'd have to queue at least an hour to get into the Gothic cathedral. Monday - nobody! This Gothic church looks impressive on the outside, and the stained glasses are really pretty.
view of gothic cathedral from outisde
Gargoyles perched on the edges are characteristic of gothic cathedrals. They're not to scare pple or devils away, there really there to drain water off cuz the mouth of gargoyles are pipe openings :)
As night falls, we indulged in Czech dinner! Found a restaurant at the top of the hill, and the view overlooking Prague was breathtaking.
I tried Czech dumplings. Really different concept from Chinese dumplings. It's nice eating the first one.. when i reached the last one, i was so tired of it cuz they're just too starchy. Well, but it's still a nice meal :)
Some night pics courtesy of YS and JY :
'Don Giovanni' is called the 'Operas of Opera' composed by W.A. Mozart. Since it's specially composed for the Czechs and it's a marionette performance, we had to watch it! Killing 2 birds w 1 stone~ :)
This is the stage of the marionette performance. These marionettes, unlike the souvenir kind sold at shops, are size of 8-9 year old kids. Really big. Just imagine Sesame Street, but these marionettes are controlled from the top. The entire opera was sang in its original language - Italian. The entire performace was quite funny, and puppeteers controlled them very well, injecting humourous scenes in between.
Puppeteers showing themselves at the end of the performance :)
