Beautiful day walking around Prague..

we slept in so late that we almost missed breakfast that ended at 1- !

We managed to sleep through the start of the marathon.. but some of the earliest finesses were crossing the line by the time we got outside

 

the race start area was strewn with used sponges.. ewwwww

Here’s the famous astronomical clock.. we need to come back tomorrow to actually see it in action .. parts of it are actually 600 years old !

the race was sponsored by volkswagon.. is it just me or are they stealing our logos ?

the race was still going on as we crossed the karlsbride.. we had to wait for runners to pass to cross the street..

The bridge is so beautiful.. today it was absolutely packed with people.. in fact the whole city was

up these bazillion stairs was the Prague castle

 

 

Beautiful views from up there .. nd the grounds were so nice 

we came through this funky door and there was St. Vitus Cathedral.

We climbed 287 steps up to the clock tower for an amazing view of the city

 

Inside St Vitus was beautiful.. it was full of incense and filtered light.. It had some of the most beautiful stained glass Id ever seen !

 

then back out to the castle grounds for a look around


After.. we headed down the other long stairs.. passing St Vitus again.. look at these gargoyles with their tongues out !

 

This young man’s privates seemed to be getting lots of attention.. look at that shine !

 

The walk back to the old city ws really beautiful.. through some old vineyards. 
We grabbed a fried potatoes thing to give us strnght.. very cool.. potato spiral cut on a wood stick and fried.. covered with sal.t .. yummy !

 

Next stop was the old jewish quarter. . here’s the cool old cemetery.. 

 

I came across this.. It’ says ‘Yahrzeit’.. the year reminder of a loved ones death.. tomorrow is my dads.. 

 

We came out near the old synaguge.. It was the site (supposedly) of the Golem of Prague.. created out of clay by Rabbi  Judah Loew ben Bezalel, in the late 16th century to protect the Jews of the Ghetto from pogroms..

 

The story is the Rabbi wrote the  word emet (אמת, “truth” in Hebrew) written on its forehead. The golem could then be deactivated by removing the aleph (א) in emet,^[5] thus changing the inscription from “truth” to “death” (met מת, meaning “dead”). (ok.. that was stolen from wikipedia.. cool story !)

 

Final stop before my camera an out of batteries was the Pinkus Synagogue .. it has been remade into a holocaust meueam. the names and death dates of the many inhabitants of prague who were killed in wwII are written there.. It was strange to see our name there so many times. 

Had to sit and think about that last stop.. amazing to think that was only 70 years ago..

 

OK.. My batteries and I are all recharged.. We’re heading out into the wild again.. .. and you’ll see what we see here..

nite all, nite sam

-me