Czech picspam #5 - Prague, Vencel Square

[wiseheart]

So, these are the last pics of Pague, of pretty places on and arund Vencel square. I have a load of pics about the St. Barbara Church in Kutna Hora for the next entry, then will come the German photos.

First, a few pics from the so-called Lucerna Passage. The dead horse is really supposed to hang upside down - it is a caricature of St. Vencel's mounted sculpture that stands on the square itself.











Another passage near Vencel square - of no particular importance, just pretty:





St. Mary's Church, between Vencel square and the railway station:



Small house of no significance... just pretty:



And now my ungodly dilettant pictures of Vencel square itself.













Mum. Who else? With colleagues (1) and with me (2):





And - last but not least - our hotel room. Not exactly Vencel square or anywhere near, but part of the fun:




So, that was Prague. Keep tuned for some ecclesiastical beauty in Kutna Hora!

Comments

[jastaelf.livejournal.com]

Those are gorgeous! Thank you for sharing them!

I think you're cute. And so is your mom. {{{hugs}}}

Jasta.
Back to Unpacking Boxes(tm)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanx! Good luck with the boxes - it's a good phase when you're already at unpacking, believe me!

[ithilwen.livejournal.com]

What beautiful photos! The upside-down horse is quite amusing.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

It is, isn't it? I laughed my head off at the sight.

[klenotka.livejournal.com]

Great photos. I am in Prague almost every day, I am working there (I live near Prague) and I would never say it´s so nice. I am usually going down the Square to work, trying to avoid tourists (no offense ;-)) and get to work in one piece. Those pictures make me proud to my country. I am sometimes way too patriotic :-) And it´s nice you discovered also Telč and Kutná Hora. We have many great places, but Prague is the best known ;-)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

One never truly appreciates the beauty of one's own home, right? Too close to Real Life and unpleasant contrymen.*g*

There's nothing wrong with being a little patriotic. I'm very proud of my country, too, although my fellow Hungarians are admittedly a strange lot and not always a nice one.

Mum and I have been wishing to visit Prague for a very long time, but it's not good to go to a country where you don't know the language on your own for the first time. Even though most Czech people (unlike Hungarians) do speak English and/or German. But when my workplace organized this trip, we jumped at the chance, and we're very happy that we did so. :)

[klenotka.livejournal.com]

I was in Budapest twice and I have to say that´s it, unfortunately, true that many people don´t speak English. Like the lady in Keleti station, in information :-) But I think it´s problem of the older generation, just like here ;-) Young people speak English or German everywhere. My parents were rorced to learn russion which is today...well, we know what :-)

Your country is also very nice, I think most of Central European countries have their magic.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I think Russian will come again, given enough distance from the most recent decades of history. It's a big country, after all, with a big market, and in the neighbourhood... Besides, Russian isn't a bad language. I had to learn it too, for ten years, and had it been taught in a more life-like manner, I'd probably have liked it. It does have a nice sound to it, but learning everything about the Tretyakow gallery and nothing about how to buy a bottle of milk somehow lessens one's enthusiasm. *g*

As for the attraction of Central European countries - I think the weight of history plays a great part in it.