Prague Castle Exploring

Our day started off quite slowly after barely leaving the apartment before midday, then abruptly stopping for breakfast / lunch for some chinese. This meant that by the time we began our walk to the castle, it was 2pm. On our way there, we walked past Prague University, where a shooting killed 14 students just a few days before Christmas. This was a sombre thing to see knowing the story and seeing those mourning their lost loves. We didn`t stay for long as we didn`t want to interrupt the mourners and so continued our journey to the castle. We didn`t have a lot planned for while we were there, mostly just exploring the castle area and visiting cathedrals and museums. We started by seeing the main cathedral that is situated right in the middle of the castle walls. This was quite spectacular and endlessly large. As is typical for european cathedrals, it had massive statues, paintings that occupy whole walls, detailed stained glass windows, large ceilings, and much more cool stuff. Although I have seen many similar during my travels, not so much in the last few months so it was still pretty exciting for me. We then explored the former dining area for the castle and its inhabitants, which had a few interesting information pieces but was far from anything too thrilling. After this, though, it was only a couple more cathedrals to explore, the first of which was one of the first buildings built in the town during its construction in the 8th century. After this, we went to a smaller cathedral that also doubled as a crypt. Finally, we explored the golden lane that was a cute little street that has some old school markets constructed from the tiny houses that once occupied the lane. This was a unique experience because of how cool the little street was and how immersive the experience became. Not to mention, the second story of the houses functioned as a museum for some of the old sets of armour used to defed the city as well as some medieval dresses. This was a good way to end the day, and a part from the major cathedral, it was the highlights for the day. On our way back home, we once again passed through the university, where we stopped for a quick picture before carrying on again and heading to bed after some football games. Liverpool played out a quite tense 4-2 game against Newcastle. Despite the scoreline, it was a stressful and fustrating game to have to sit through.もっと詳しく