Roxana & Ricardo & Julia

2009-11-29

Too Many Pictures of Prague (part 4)

I think this will be the last of the Prague pictures for now...

Some more architectural detail:

At a traditional Czech restaurant, where the meal consisted of essentially 800g of pork ribs, and 1L of beer. It was delicious, but if I couldn't eat like that every day...

(Rui is holding his hand there to give an idea of the size of the thing)

The "TV Tower" in a slight drizzle, with those weird "babies" climbing up and down. Look up David Cerny for other examples of his slightly twisted and very interesting art. The Metronome was in Letna park.

Our only rainy day, which gives "Prague by Night" another dimension.

Dinner out at a very nice restaurant downtown, with Rui and Alisa.

From Vysehrad:

Looking South.

Julia and Roxana, on the 9-hour flight back home (note the clearance between the belly and the dinner tray).

We had a great time. It was great to see Rui again.

Na shledanou.

Too Many Pictures of Prague (part 3)

A typical contrast between a beautiful, well-maintained building, and a Communist-era "panelak".

More from several walks around the city:

The old town square.

(yes, we saw the show of the orloj on the hour)

Julia near the Charles bridge.

Walking from Letna park to Prague castle.

Detail of a stained glass window in the St-Vitus catherdral, inside the castle.

Detail on the outside of the cathedral.

Inside the third courtyard.

From Hradcany square.

On the walk back down, through Mala Strana.

A detail from one of the 20 large sculptures on Charles bridge.

Another statue on Charles bridge.

The castle, seen from across the river.

2009-11-28

Too Many Pictures of Prague (part 2)

From a morning walk near Rui's appartment ("Praha 7")

Our trip to Karlstejn was a little more disappointing, since they apparently close the courtyard at 3 at this time of the year, and we missed it by a few minutes. The castle is still nice from the outside, and we got to see some of the countryside South of the city.

We also got our first Czech meal out of it.

Back in the city, we walked around in the evening for more "Prague by Night".

Lots of people enjoying the evening. Street vendor selling sausages.

Our host.

A little walk on Charles bridge.

Too Many Pictures of Prague

We spent a week in beautiful Prague, and had a great time. The weather was great (only a little drizzle one afternoon, sunshine the rest of the time), and the hospitality was perfect.

A view of many spires in Prague, from Letenske sady (Letna park).

A view of many bridges in Prague, from Letenske sady (Letna park).

The architecture was a lot of fun. I know, it may not seem that unusual for Europe, but it is for those of us who live on this side of the pond.

Lots of buildings had details like this.

Of course, the real reason we went was to see Rui. Here he is, introducing me to a Krusovice.

This is the first of many "Prague by Night" pictures that I took.

Since we were there in late November, the sun set early, which is very convenient for this kind of thing. When I go back, I'll definitely spend more time walking in the evenings. As beautiful as Prague is during the day, it takes on a whole new mood when it gets dark.

The girls, out and about.

A market somewhere downtown.

Crossing one of many bridges.

View East, across a bridge, showing the "Dancing Building".

More to come...

2009-11-14

You-Know-Who

Concentrating on a painting.

Enjoying some time outdoors.

2009-11-08

Sue & Andrew & the Boys

Sue & Andrew and the boys came for a short visit over the weekend.

Here we are shortly after they arrived - all being a little silly.

They were waking up between 4:30-5:30... in the morning... by the time Roxi, Julia and I woke up, Benjamin was already having a morning nap! Actually, even this was a little unusual for him - he had a long day sitting in a car on Friday.