Zatím Ahoy Prague

As our time in Prague started to draw near, we headed back to Old Town Square to see what else we could discover.  On our previous visits, we didn't go into St. Nicholas Cathedral so we made sure to pop in.  While it has many similarities to a Catholic church, it is actually part of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church.  Like the Catholic church, the Hussite church practicies the seven sacraments but unlike Catholics, Hussites ordain women.  From what I understand, the Hussite faith is a combination of Catholic and Protestant.  It's on my list to learn more about them when we're back home.

Sometimes we just need a gelato break...though I will say finding gelato in Prague has not been as easy as all the other cities on this trip.  We came across the same gelataria we love in Porto, Amorino.  They make the prettiest cones and it is oh so good!

A few photos around Old Town

Prague Opera House

The Black Madonna

If I had a Southwest themed kitchen, this Nespresso
pod holder would be coming home with me.

There are 18 bridges over the Vltava River and one is just outside our apartment so we took a stroll at sunset one night to check out two of them after a dinner of ribs and chicken tenders Czech style...of course we had to have beer too!

Prague has a lot of unusual statues throughout the city and this one caught our attention.  It is called "Man Hanging Out" and supposedly is Sigmund Freud.

Sign in a cafe bathroom that made me laugh

Another thing to make me laugh...a vegan
pick on our meaty club sandwich!

Not long after John Lennon's death in 1980, in Lesser Town (Malá Strana) on a wall near the French Embassy formerly covered with love stories and protests against the Communist government became a wall dedicated to Lennon.  The wall continuously changes in its look but the theme is the same...peace and freedom.  You are able to write on the wall...just no spray painting.

Crawling Babies

Our final big exploration was to Vyšehrad, an old fortress area on the southern edge of Prague and about 20 minutes from our place.  Vyšehrad dates back to the middle 10th century but unfortunately many of the original buildings are no longer standing.  The fortress wall and gates are still in tack and the views of Prague from the wall are fabulous.  You can walk around the grounds and cemetary free of charge and just have to pay to enter a few of the buildings.  As two of the tours focused on the military aspect and not really our jam, we only bought a ticket to the church.

Right before the skies opened up, we stopped in
a cafe by the church for a honey cake and coffee.

We've seen the church of Saints Paul and Peter from other areas of town and we finally had the chance to see it in person.  Over the past six weeks, we saw A LOT of churches and this was by far the most beautiful.  The interior is stunning and truly draws you into the crucifix.  They had Gregorian chants playing which truly added to the experience.  

The cemetary at Vyšehrad is an interesting combination of old and new.  Some of the most interesting were newer as they noted the profession of the person...Herec (actor), Český Sochař (Czech sculptor) and a skier caught our eye.

There's even a small vineyard at Vyšehrad

We had to have one last gelato before leaving Prague.  It was only fitting our last gelato would be at the same place we had our first gelato.  This gelateria is like my Nirvana as it has gelato AND macaroons.

Our last tram ride in Prague

Remember the pigeon egg from our first Prague post?
We’ll, we have a baby!

Hard to believe our summer travel has come to an end...we have seen quite a bit in these six weeks.  In this time, we explored Amsterdam (completely unexpected but a nice surprise), Vienna, Salzburg, Bratislava, Kraków, Prague and Kutná Hora logging in over 335,000 steps. It has a been a wonderful adventure and I'm so glad I got to share it with LuLu.  We look forward to what's next!