Photo's from Prague and Cesky Krumlov, but without the cool alphabet.
Hood ornament for a Skoda
Cesky Krumlov in the snow...
A pack, a hrad and a cow.
A blank canvas...
That I had to fill.
What it says on the tin.
Many hands...
The bear moat at Cesky Krumlov. The only bears I saw here, came in the kegs you can see in the middle of the picture. Maybe the bears threw a keg party and were hungover.
The bus to Rozmberk. A superstitious man would have spotted something amiss here.
The Castle/hrad at Rozmberk. I came to see this. I ended up standing in the cold.
I tried to seek sanctuary at the local church, but gaining entry to it presented somewhat of a problem.
I resent that I live in a culture where these sorts of instructions for being in a park are required.
The art gallery in Cesky Krumlov. Fantastic building with utterly unaccessible and probably communist art. Had I known the art was so bad I probably would... have still gone, 'cos it did use up some time, and was warm. Miserable git.
The view from my bedroom in Cesky Krumlov. The Vltava is in front.
Dinner tables in Prague.
The patience of a saint. Imagine being in this weather in only a robe.
Charles Bridge. Note the dedicated beggar.
The Prague hrad in the snow. Pretty...
Solo kiwi on the Charles Bridge.
More on the Charles Bridge
The Karlstejn hrad
The Karlstejn Railway Station.
The only non-pornographic picture by Saudek that I could post...
3 comments:
Hey Rich...Great pictures. Welcome back to the relative warmth of England.
Thanks Jacque. I'm not convinced it is warmer here. Just because there is no snow on the ground doesn't make it not cold. It's an illusion that we are sucked into that because there is snow on the ground it must be cold. However, that nasty north wind this weekend makes a mockery of it.
Arriving in Prague in the winter was like a dream come true for me as to gaze across the snow covered rooftops was like something straight out of a fairy tale...
Right from the moment I took my first walk around the old town in the evening mist of my first night, I instantly felt as though I had been swallowed up by its astounding history from its first founding just over a millennium ago.
We booked a room in one of the Prague hotels right in the center of the Old Town - wanting to be close to everything. The old town square is simply breathtaking, presided over majestically as it is by the town hall and the dominating presence of the monolithic Church of Our Lady before Tyn. A short five minute walk from the square has you standing on the banks of the Vltava River gazing in awe at the medieval masterpiece of the Charles Bridge - in fact the only thing that can possibly tear your eyes from this visual feast is the simply stunning presence of Prague Castle and St Vitus Cathedral standing proudly watching over the city on the opposite bank.
And that is just the beginning of visual treats that Prague has to offer.
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