Prague Castle

On today’s agenda is the Prague Castle. The day starts with selecting a hearty breakfast and head for Charles Bridge and up the hill to the Castle ( more like a palace to us) but this also had a serious moat! Attacks were a very real thing. So many pics but I think I’ll put another page in with rest of the days points of interest. Well hopefully they are.
The gardens at the Castle are gorgeous and I loved that building down there - so did the couple getting married obviously!
I was disappointed not to get to tour inside the ‘old palace’ area. You get allocated areas. I haven’t met anyone who has got in there yet. Maybe out of bounds. Golden lane is quaint and has been well kept. A Jewish area housing skilled workers. They’re set up as they would have been in the day. Very small. Note the ‘first’ of pointed shoe fashion! The chain armour - date being 1300! The armour and weapons were out the gate and there were heaps of them - all different to each other. The Czech jewels happened to be on display- only happens periodically but the queue was more than I could take- mainly because it went up stairs and turned corners with everyone packed together and it was hot! Shame - they have stunning jewels but you gotta know your limits!Lue lisää