never-never land.

My traditional Czech dress bought for the pub crawl. I then
proceeded to return it the next day. Should have maybe kept it
for my custom trunk. 

the city of prague is unbelievable. unbelievable in the sense that its hard to believe that it's not an amusement park that you pay your 10 euros at the gate to spend the next 3 or 4 days exploring this make believe, never-never land.  it's hard was for me to wrap my head around the fact that  life actually takes place in this city, people work, live, and carry on as we do back at home.  many times throughout  my visit in prague i half expected to have a film director come out and yell 'cut - that's a wrap', as if we were on a movie set.

my stay in prague started off in a funny way. i had booked a bed in a hostel that was a '16 person mixed dorm room'.  my first night it was just me and 9 guys who were on tour with their heavy metal band.  at first i was slightly intimated by these long haired, massive bearded, tattooed, hard core rockers. but they greeted me with open arms and took me out on the town my first night. i probably looked sooo out of place with my high ponytail and neon tank top, it was still fun none the less. 

my favorite thing to do in prague was to walk around and get lost. the inner core of the city is fairly small so it was typically easy to become found again. every street is tiny and packed full of excellent shopping and authentic czech souvenirs like, crystals (celebrity spencer pratt would have been in his glory), absinthe (that stuff is the devil), marionettes, and traditional dress (see above picture). 

i saw as many of the tourist attractions as one could pack into a 4 day stay. the famous famous coo-coo clock in old town square, the john lennon wall, charles bridge, prague castle and many many more. 

prague was a very frustrating city to try and capture in photos.  you are completely surrounded on all sides, with buildings that are so full of character and amazing architecture that a picture of one building does absolutely nothing to give you a feel for what this place is like.  i tried my best to bring you along to this fair tale land through my pictures but have come to the conclusion that it's impossible. to really know what this city is like you must come visit it yourself. 

that's enough for now. off to athens to get a little more friendly with the greek gods. anthen to santorini to see my dear friends, jake and amy, tie the knot!

cheers,

canada (my new nickname from my friends in prague.) 

An average looking street in Prague. Beautiful!

A rather nice view. 

John Lennon Wall. In the 1980's young people graffitied this wall with

art inspired by John Lennon and the Beatles songs. Most msgs were

greivences do to the Husak's communist regime that took place in

1988. The art became a source of contention, authorities on many occasions

tried to cover the wall and ban all art on it but the students continued in

thier ways. The movement that they followed is often referred to as 

'Lennonism'. The wall is still a source of angst in the community as it is

still fairly recent history. When I was at the wall an older gentleman 

came up to us and was yelling about the communist party and how they ruined 

the country. The wall itself is a constantly changing masterpiece as 

people, myself included come to leave their make on it. 

Can you see where I left my mark? It's like an 'I Spy' game!

Rumor has it that if you touch this statue you will be lucky in love 

This is the last standing theatre in the world  in which Mozart himself conducted in.
It  is said that this was actually one of Mozarts favorite places to preform as it
has perfect acoustics.

Traditional Czech street meat and deep fried cheese, can you say 'heart attack?'. 

Castle. 

Old Town Square. The building on the far left is a giant 'coo-coo-clock'.
every hour, on the hour a trumpeter plays along with some bells and
a bunch of small statues up top spin. Just before the clock goes off,
you will find hundreds of tourists waiting to see the clock do its thing.
Once it's done everyone just carries on their way. The clock was
recently rated europes number one most overrated tourist attraction.
I personally would save that title for the Mona Lisa, but to each there
own I suppose.

The same castle from the pervious 'castle'  picture. 

The famous Charles Bridge