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Easter 2012

Part 1 - Friday & Saturday Prague walkabout

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We tackled Miche's fears of being swept up in a mass of stag & hen nights and took an Easter break in Prague.

Miche in Wenceslas Square on the Friday evening...

Wenceslas Square

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It's a Czech tradition to paint eggs at Easter, though most aren't this big...


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Wenceslas Square again, but where's Miche? Thankfully the new Miche spotting app quickly locates her...


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Grand Hotel Europa in all its Art Nouveau glory...


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Miche at the Powder Gate...


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Another much larger painted egg with the Church of Our Lady before Týn in the background...


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These cows are small and these cows are far away...

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A man weaves away on a traditional loom in the rain in front of the Cartier shop on the corner of the glitzy Parizska street...


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The Easter markets in Old Town Square with the Baroque Church of St Nicholas in the background...


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Looking down the lift shaft in the Old Town Hall...

 

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... and looking up...

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Miche in the parapet at the top...


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View from the top (it was a bit murky in the rain)...


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Looking down at the sgraffitoed Dům U Minuty building...


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Mosaic on the vaulted ceiling in the Old Town Hall...


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Man with a fish...


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Charles Bridge and the Castle in the background...

 

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A weir to try and tame the Vltava river which is known for its wildness...

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Ceiling under the Powder Gate on the Charles Bridge...


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Miche on Charles Bridge during the busy daytime, when it's less of a thoroughfare and more of a market with caricaturists, souvenir sellers and musicians...


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Tančící dům - the Dancing House, known more affectionately as the 'Fred & Ginger'' Building...

Fred & Ginger Building

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Time to relax - Miche in U Fleků, where the beers keep coming until you tell them to stop - there's no worrying about choice or ordering - there's just the one brew and they put that in front of you without asking. 

Miche makes short work of her goulash and dumplings...



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Part 2 - Charles Bridge

Part 3 - Prague Castle

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