Prague: Day Two

 Our hotel is the yellow building in the center. This is the view from the tram stop.

 Riding in the back of the bus with all the cool kids

 Here we are! 

 Prague Castle or the biggest castle in the world. It's so big it has it's own county. What's it called? Castle county, duh!

 No those aren't wax figures (that's what I thought at first) in the boxes they are real guys looking all handsome in their uniforms. A changing of the guard still takes place every hour.

 St. Vitus Cathedral. Seriously almost the size of a football stadium. It is huge! Does that make them go easy on the decor, though? Nope! There was so much intricate detailing throughout. 

 The only picture I snapped inside because I like to just walk through the cathedrals and enjoy the quiet while I'm there. Details that may interest you are the three story organ, dozens of massive stained glass windows, tombs and restored works of art. The crypt, one of my favorite parts of a cathedral, was closed today (sad face). So gorgeous!

 This room is where the term 'cultural hall' was coined for church buildings I'm sure. Everything took place within these four walls. Parties, dances, coronations and knight exhibitions. Horses and all. Can you imagine jousting in here? Crazy!

 This is the view out of one of the very windows that three men were thrown out of in a political scuffle. Amazingly all three survived with minor injuries despite the drop being almost three stories.

 This is a warming oven that was used to heat each room. 

 A beautiful replica of the crown jewels.

 Lunch break and my lousy attempt at a thumbs-up

 Hot chocolate afterwards because it was C-O-L-D!

 St. George Basilica

 The ceiling in part of the Basilica

 'Golden Lane'

 The beginning of the 'Defense Corridor'

 These windows in the defense corridor could be turned to reveal a slit like this so one could see out or turned around and blocked completely.

 Who knew Smokey the bear was a knight in his previous life?

 I shot a cross-bow today, guys. No big deal.

 Now we make our way into one of the torture chambers in the castle. This chair puts a whole new meaning to 'sitting on pins and needles'. Ha!

 Swords, swords and more swords for my Nathan!

 Properly known as the 'execution sword'. It is huge!

 A knife for every occasion! Cut a slice of cake, your hair or your neighbor! The possibilities are endless!

 Viking swords! 

 Another torture device

 This was for people...

 'The Fiddle' used for stretching prisoners until they 'broke and changed their song'

 Charles' Bridge

 Dinner at 'The Pub'

My drinks. I wasn't too fond of the right one. It was a ginger lemonade. The one on the left is a raspberry lemonade with mint leaves. Yum!

I got a Sicilian Chicken Burger with bacon, cheddar cheese, arugula and garlic sauce--holy delicious food, Batman! I added the ketchup artwork :)

We found ourselves back in the downtown square of the city. A guy was playing his keyboard and managed to gather a large crowd. There was another guy with a big bucket of bubble soap and the biggest bubble wand you've ever seen. The kids had lots of fun chasing and popping the huge bubbles. The rain stopped so the horse-drawn carriages were out. It was a cold but gorgeous night!

 You can find these yummy treats every few blocks. They are dough that's baked on a stick over coals and served with cinnamon and sugar. I had two!

Today was such a good one! We spent most of it touring Prague Castle (the biggest castle in the world!) which I didn't mind one little bit. We had lunch just outside the castle and dinner a ways downtown. All the food we've had so far has been amazing! I am sad to go home tomorrow, but it just means I'll have to come back sometime :) I hope you guys are having a great week! Chow!