Slept in! Finally! Took forever getting out of the hostel. First, we forgot tram tickets, then the map, then which tram to take, etc. Finally made it to the castle. Toured around there for awhile. Had Starbucks, again! And the guy spelled my name right with asking!!!!
Saw an elaborate cathedral, basilica, torture chamber and castle. We liked the torture chamber! There were body cage that looked like something from a movie. It was shackles for your entire body and one was above what used to be a water pit I'm sure maybe with crocodiles? Also many other torturing devices. Randy likes seeing the sword making factory.
It was pouring which is awesome because my so called "rain jacket" is really a rain absorbtion jacket. :( Still walked around though. Crossed the Charles bridge. There's a statue of St Vitus who supposedly was a priest that the queen confessed everything too. The king wanted to know the information but Vitus wouldn't tell so he was tortured but still kept his mouth shut. The story goes they threw him off the bridge and when he hit the water, stars appeared above him. He's not an official saint but people consider him one rubbing statue for good luck. The only original statue is that of a cross with Hebrew inscriptions about Jesus from Isaiah "Holy holy holy is the lord of Hosts." It was fully funded by a fine given to a Jew for mocking the cross, his friends turned him in.
Walked past the Old Jewish cemetery and then back to our hostel to dry off before meeting Beth for dinner. She wanted to meet at the Starbucks where we earlier and the tram stop before that stop who gets on? BETH!!! So funny how that keeps happening.
Went to a cool Italian/American pizza place that actually put decent amount of toppings on the pizza. Hung out with Beth and she took us on a cool night walk of Prague. Hopefully we get to see her again tomorrow before we leave for Budapest!
Got a drink at the hostel in attempts to make up for the English girls the night before...GREAT idea! Met a couple guys from Scotland and a gal from Holland...they were hilarious! Apparently, in Scotland you can rent a kilt and the guy said "yep, only in Scotland can you rent an STD" (since typically you don't wear anything under the kilt). Also, it can apparently be used as a picnic blanket. Then later realized the girl from Holland was in our dorm that night! She left for Budapest in the morning and we leave at night.
No comments:
Post a Comment