Long May weekend: Prague 2

Day two in Prague had a pretty rigid schedule. We started from Strahov monastery but our final destination were Hradczany – the famous complex of castles.

When we were done with Hradczany, we went to a viewing tower. There was a Labor Day fete, so a lot of people climbed up to the hill to celeberate the free day – there was music, entertainment and a lot of kids. The view from the tower was very nice (similar to the one from Hradczany, although a bit more broad because from higher altitude).

We stayed on the hill for quite some time enjoying the free day and fantastic weather. I felt really lazy (in a sense: peacefully lazy, not: tired lazy) and was a bit inconsolable when Radek told to move on. We finished the day in Franz Kafka museum.

Long May weekend: Prague 1

When we reached Prague, the weather (to my big content) became more sunny. We were not living in a strict centre so it took us some time to walk to the old part of the city. We entred it from the Strahov hill and it was indeed a very cordial welcome from Prague. Such a view!

What does one begin with in Prague? …

After standing up to the expectations of Radek’s T-shirt we continued our tour round the city untill we were too tired to walk and got back to the hotel (more walking!).

Long May weekend: Dresden

’What to do during the long May weekend?’ – we considered a lot of options this year. We started from „a 3-capital-journey” (Wien, Budapest, Brno) but changed plans and decided for a Dresden-Prague trip.

We arrived at Dresden around midday on Sunday. The city was badly demolished during the allies bombing in the IIWW but now it’s not so apparent, since a lot of monuments were rebuilt. We started our trip from die Frauenkirchie – the church that was renovated just a couple of years ago and is now the sign of distruction the war left.

The church inside didn’t make a huge impression on me – everything was new, rather modest. What I liked best about the buidling was the tower, and – to be more precise – the tower view.

It was windy…

Dresden has rather a small old city part, so when we came down from the tower, we just strolled around without a map. At the river side there was some kind of a race accompanied by a festivity. From what I noticed, 'festivity’ in Germany is understood as drinking beer, eating Bratwurst and listening to German folc music. That’s I guess what we call „local charm”.




When we decided we were done with the city tour, we went to the hotel and came back to Dresden in the evening to have a bite (no, we didn’t take Bratwurst). As always, the cities in the sunset are never the same as in the day light.