You know, this 'photo of the day' blog business was supposed to be one photo with an extended caption designed to keep everyone vaguely informed about what was going on during my travels. Unfortunately the writer in me wants to explain everything we did and saw even if it wasn't all that interesting so I'm going to pare back my keyboard enthusiasm and stick with the main points.
Prague is one of those cities that visitors go misty-eyed over when they recall their holiday there. It's beautiful, cosmopolitan and full of such a wide variety of art and architecture that anyone would fall for it. When you're in Prague you feel like a tourist; only after you've done Prague do you feel you can go back to being a hip traveller type going to some obscure place where foreigners are rare two decades before it becomes popular.
So it's true that Prague is one giant tourist trap. The food and drink and accommodation are cheap, at least by Australian standards, but she gets you at the door to any of her many attractions. It's $5, $10, $15, $20 here and there, and by the end of the day you find you've blown a couple of hundred bucks. And she's so impossibly pretty you let the princess have her way. And you like it when she bleeds you like that.
We weren't up to doing Prague Castle itself but we took a walk down Charles Bridge into the castle district and had a look around. The Kafka Museum was really something; all they had were some letters, manuscripts, photos and first editions and they managed to make some of them into Kafkaesque installations. Highly recommended, even if you only have a passing interest in his work.
Photo of the day is what looks like an outdoor art installation by the Vltava River with the Charles Bridge and a viewing balloon in the background. What I love most about this place is that it is proud of its history but also embraces the new. Where else would you find a wall of John Lennon-inspired graffiti on an official 'city features' guide alongside the world's largest castle?
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