Golden Prague
With a minor delay, today's blog will describe how some of us spent the 1st of November. First and foremost let me point out that in Czech republic, this is not a holiday, it's a regular working day. So for the first time in my life on that day, I got up at 8:30 and slowly prepared myself physically and psychologically for a day at the university. I didn't feel like going, at all.
The mood was lifted by our professor, who greeted us all with the words: »Just look at what a beautiful, sunny day it is today! It's one of those days, when the golden Prague is indeed golden.«. So after class, the scholars of slovenistics unanimously decided that a day such as this, that would also be one of the rare beautiful days before winter, would not be wasted. The decision fell after lunch, and the destination was Vyšehrad (high castle), the location on which the princess Libuše prophesied the foundation of Prague. And as it was the 1st of November, the day of the memory of the dead, we would pay tribute to the great composers Smetana and Dvořak, who are buried there.
Near Vyšehrad metro station
Striking a pose
There is a big park in Vyšehrad (Karlachov park), we took a walk across it and marveled the exceptional view of Vltava and the city from it. We took a closer look to the neogothic church of St. Peter and Pavel and of course, the cemetery (Panteon), where all the great Czechs were buried since then 19th century.
Vltava harbor from Vyšehrad
One of the tunnels and my lovely hands :-)
The photographer has already been scolded
View to the other side
Striking another pose
We saw the graves of Smetana and Dvořak, and also of some other famous people, like Karel Čapek, Jan Neruda, Alfons Mucha ... A pleasant surprise occured on the full hour, when the bells of the church started to ring the melody of Vltava, a part of Smetana's masterpiece Ma Vlast (My Country).
But enough words, here are some photos and a short video clip.
Rotunda of St. Martin from 11th century
Fall's colours
Mr. Dvořak
Posing with Mr. Dvořak
Devils and Devil's pillars
What a beautiful day ...
Church tower
Slavin
Iztok, Breda and Alja paying their respects
The Cemetery
The Hands of ...?
Interesting concept :-)
Let me ooout!
Captured moments
Satisfied after a well spent day
avtor Darjan ob
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My first destination was Prague and it is one hell of a city for many many reasons. As everyone knows, it's supposedly the most romantic city in the world, so friendly city offering a lot of Prague accommodation and from personal experience of my two day venture, it may just well be!
The buildings, architecture, layout of the city sprawled across a river combining natural geography with 7 hills and the immense building styles gives the city a certain atmosphere which is quite different from a typical British city, say Telford! It was a magical experience, a little more than what can be said about the accommodation I stayed at...(I still had a good time).
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