On the August bank holiday we headed to Prague with Nadia's sister Laura and friend Anna. Prague was great, it is a short hop from London, it is cheap, there is lots to see and do & the weather was good the whole time. Prague is well known as a Stag & Hen doo destination but I guess most of the action happens after 10pm so clearly most of this riff raff was lost on us.
We went on a good walking tour here which is the same company we have used in the past in Amsterdam, Berlin & Paris. The company is below.... http://www.newpraguetours.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
Above- Prague Castle
Above-Taking in the sights from Lentenske park. Below is the Vltava River and the park in the background is Petrin Park.
Above- The Metronome on the hill at the top end of Lentenske Park represents the time wasted during Joesph Stalin's reign.
Above- Prague Castle by night and in the foreground Charles bridge.
Above- The astronomical clock- Up there with Maniken pee in Brussels and the Mermaid in Copenhagen in terms of overrated sights. This Medieval bad boy manages to conjur up 100's of people on the hour at which time four figures are set in motion. The 4 figures represent four things that were despised at the time of the clock's making; vanity, greed death and infidelity.
Prague Castle is not really a traditional style castle, it is more like a giant church with a host of surrounding buildings. If you go there I wouldnt reccomend getting the castle tour ticket as most of the buildings are accessible without a ticket.
Above- the Jewish Cemetery, where they estimate there are 100,000 burials with over 12,000 gravestones in the space of rugby in goal area!
Anna, Laura & myself
Above- Nadia and Laura pose with the guy with no head and a little man on his shoulders.... based on a Franz Kafka short story.
Above-this huge muscular thing in the middle of the square was very prominant, I am not sure what the brown thing is beside it though. 
mmmmmmmmmmmmm Pork
Easily the most interesting statue I have seen so far in our travels, although the one at the bottom of this post is pretty up there.
On Charles Bridge there are many statues, this one in particular though when stroked is supposed to bring good luck....that's if the Purrell didnt sanatise the luck as well as the dreams.
Above- I am told from a relaible source that this building is an example of cubism.
This green dude sits in the centre of the square, which is surrounded by a number of stalls offering traditional Czech food, including the giant pig on a spit shown in the photo above.
Above- Still working on what this is all about
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