Euro trip 2011: Czech Republic

From Vienna we went to Prague, Czech Republic. It was 18 July. We had to take early train in the morning, at 08:25. We woke up very early in the morning, got ready, prepared light breakfast, ate and headed for the train station to catch the train. We found ourselves running in the train station to get in. We managed to get in at the very last minute :P

In the train, we met an American old guy, a literature professor, who is going to Prague to attend a conference. He is a jolly person. We gossiped about many things. He recited few verse from Shakespeare. Later on that day we met this guy again near the clock church. He took one of our pictures :) The train journey from Vienna to Prague was very nice. I liked the landscape. We had snacks in the train cafe. The journey was about 4 and half hours. We reached Prague central railway station around 13:00.

It was previously planned that we would be in Prague only for 5 hours. So we had to look around the city within that time. We started from the downtown, went to the church which has this famous astronomical clock. On the way we ate pizza for our lunch. For me it was one of the nicest pizza I have ever tasted. It was also very cheap. We passed through the Charles bridge and went to the Prague castle. It's on top of a mountain. According to the Guinness World Records, it is the biggest ancient castle. You can see the beautiful view of the city from that place. The day was very nice, bright and sunny. From the castle we went to see one of the weirdest structure of the world. Actually it's the transmission tower for the television center but somehow it looked really weird, doesn't match with the city's usual structures.

After seeing that building we had to do some grocery for coming days and it was almost time to leave Prague. Our next destination was Zurich and again we found that we were running out of time. So, run guys, run :)

Facts I noticed:

1. The look of Prague is different. There is not many high rise buildings. Many houses have tally roof, mostly of red color.

2. Roads are very narrow and so many steeps.

3. It's much cheaper compared to Finland.

4. Prague is a city for tourists. Lot of tourists all around.

Pictures:


The train from Vienna to Prague



Restaurant in the train



We requested the restaurant attendant to take a picture for three of us



Me, solo



In front of Prague central railway station



Typical European street



Interesting color of the building



Starting to walk to explore the city



Interesting way to leave your sign in the city. You can buy those blocks and write whatever you like and leave it there



The souvenir shop



The church



Church again



In front of the famous astronomical clock



Dressed up like a king, though the umbrella doesn't go with the king :P



Me and Shanila



Gagan barged in :P



Nicely framed



The American guy took our photo



Another shot in front of the church



Just a smiling face :)



Prague museum



On Charles bridge



Trying to figure out the correct way to the castle



Friends



On the way to the castle



Summer snow :D



We had to climb a long way



This is a scary thing outside of a restaurant. The restaurant was decorated with lots of torture equipments, no idea why



Many stairs to go



Almost on top



Now we are on top surface



The couple on top



Again requested somebody to take our picture



Nice view of Prague from the top



The weird television tower



Another look



At the bottom of that tower



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