earl in oxford: Prague

I'm going into the recesess of my mind to think about a time that was a little over a week ago, but at KBC a lot (correct spelling:) happens, so for me Prague is like a world away. It is actually an hour and 45 minute flight, but it seems like it should be further or is it farther? Anyway we got up, enjoyed our feast in the morning and took the tram down to the city centre where we proceeded to wander some back streets in search of an easy way to Narodni St. so that we could catch tram 18 across the river to the Lesser Town area of Prague. It is called Lesser Town not because it isn't amazing but because there is less there, not as much tourism, population, and it doesn't feel like a major city. We walked up a back alley type of street and came out a the square of St. Nicholas Church, this is one of those buildings that words and pics don't do a lick of good describing. It was ornate, beautiful, antique, confusing, picturesqe and frustrating all at the same time. The architecture was wow, there was more gold on the statues than in a mine in the old west, the place is from the 14oo's so it was antique like. There were many paintings, including the whole of the ceiling and two different domes as it was a double nave structure as well. I found it confusing because there was so much going on I don't know how someone could hone in on one aspect and frustrating because to be there during a meeting I think I would be frustrated with all the ornateness, my eyes would be elsewhere than where they should be while worshipping. We left this grand structure and slowly plodded up a hill to the top where the Castle of Prague sits grandly. It is more of palace type area than a proper castle, but impressive none the less, some of it was from 900. We wandered around there, mailed some postcards, I ate breadstick, we saw some marching soldiers and then left through gate C which was at the far end of where we had come in. After having some coffee and ice cream we went back across the river by foot via the Charles Bridge, a gorgeous towered bridge that is used only for pedestrians. Rebecca and I had decided that we wouldn't worry about eating a big supper and rather we would settle for something from a street vendor. I bought a sausage as one would, walked over to where we were going to sit and somehow managed to dislodge the sausage from the bun, into the air it hurled, twisting as I volleyed it back into the air while holding onto the bun, I didn't want to lose the whole thing. After tapping it twice once right toward Rebecca I snatched it like it was a fish just caught from the lake, people must have thought I'd cut my hand it was covered in ketchup, somehow only one drop hit Rebecca and I enjoyed eating the sausage along with the bun. We were hungry later which proved that our supper wasn't enough, so we enjoyed a pizza while watching the Liverpool vs. Barcelona match sorry Anthony better luck on Tuesday. Tune in later for the journeys of Thursday
earl

Inside of St. Nicklaus Church