Yesterday was a full day of sight seeing. We started out at 10:30 and got home close to 9. The tour was a six hour one with walking and lunch and a 1 hour boat ride. There were 10 of us in the group and it worked quite well. There are so many beautiful buildings - the palace, the cathederal, churches, synagogues and more. I don't know how to tell you. When we get the picture situation straightened out, I'll post them. I think that after a while it begins to feel as though you are in a movie. Apparently, Prague has served as Europe for many movies, most of which I haven't seen.
The tour ended at the site of the astronomical clock. The original part of the clock was installed in 1420 and it has been made more complicated over the centuries. It has been under repair for some time but was finished yesterday, so we got to see it. We stayed after the tour until the hour so we could see it put on its 20 second show with saints moving about and a skeleton marking the time, etc. It was such fun to see. It is the only one of the clocks still working. Then we grabbed some dinner and walked back to the hotel to collapse.
Today Del went back out to see more of the city, and I stayed back to recover from yesterday. I just did not have what it took today. We had an early dinner and then went to the marionette version of Don Giovanni. It was fun. We sat in front for the first act and got to see the hands doing the work. It was my favorite part. It was so crowded there and so hot that we moved further back for the second act. it was so much cooler, but I missed seeing the business part of the show.
Tomorrow we will have to decide what we want to see more of.
Good night all. Sightseeing and blogging just don't go together well for this old gal.
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