Prague walking solo

Today I decided on a day of tourist sightseeing zig zagging the city to all the obscure places. I bought a one day ticket for 120czk ($AUD7) and started with the 11 tram down the road from my hotel to the R2D2 sculpture. It is an air ventilation shaft which has been artified. I didn’t realise I would have to walk this hill.. I can walk for hours but as soon as I hit stairs or a hill like this I slow down . Luckily I can use some of this time to write some blog while catching my breath. Going downhill is no bother, uphill kills me. Tried walking part backwards even. This hill is nowhere near as bad as the streets of San Francisco my son, “gently encouraged” me to walk, but this was still difficult in 30degrees but I made it.

I went to the “Dancing House” and had lunch in the terrace restaurant. Magnificent views. This has made me make this disloyal comment that I honestly believe this is the prettiest city in the world. I like to think Sydney is but I will have to say that Sydney has the most beautiful harbour in the world. Prague is gorgeous.

I then proceeded to Prague Meridian is a brass strip in Prague’s Old Town Square used to tell the time from 1652 to 1918, although no longer a marker for noon. The Velvet Revolution Memorial marking a non-violent student uprising that led to the downfall of Communism in Czechoslovakia. The outstretched hands, and fingers form a “V: for victory. and Sigmund Freud hanging. This statue startles people. Man Hanging Out looks like a suicide happening but is a statue of Sigmund Freud making a statement around uncertainty around intellectualism. National Memorial to the Heroes of the Heydrich Terror. In 1942 7 paratroopers were gunned down and this wall still displays the bullet marks.

Some of the quirky statues around the city.

Not long after the death of John Lennon, this wall was transformed into a memorial for John as well as including messages of peace during the Communist regime. Several artists over the years have contributed to the wall memorial. It currently also exhibits many poems and messages to the people of the Ukraine during this sad time of Putin taking over their homeland.

Some different angles of the Charles Bridge and some of the canals of Prague.

The memorial to the Victims of Communism.

The narrowest street in Prague has pedestrian lights to control the flow of people in this narrow lane.