After a nice morning walk getting lost, I mean…exploring, I went to the last big museum in town. 

The convent of st. Agnes of Bohemia is now part of the national gallery. The convent itself isn’t operational now. It was given to the state, and in 2000, was opened permanently as a museum.

It has a fantastic and exhausting collection of religious medieval art, mostly altarpeices and statues of saints. My brain was whizzing around after 2 hours.

All my actual plans for the day completed, I walked up to the castle. The grounds are mostly free, but I really wanted to see the inside of that cathedral.

It was amazing. Lots of very fine stained glass and woodworking. The rest of the castle…..was a castle. Moving on.

Still to early to go home, I found a small tourist attraction called the Lennon wall. It’s a graffiti covered wall with a history. During the occupation, freedom fighters would write inspirational messages, secretly of course.  I’m sure getting caught meant death. Now it’s just a neat thing to see.  Lots of people committing vandalism whilst consuming ice cream and coffee drinks. 

Ok. Still early. On the way back home, walking slowly, I stumbled across a church with a cellar exhibit about WWII and an assassination of a Nazi officer. He was a bad, bad person.  Very moving story of desperation and loss. They made a movie about it called Anthropoid. I’ve not seen the movie, but it brings a lot of people in to learn more about history. So that’s good.

Finally time to get some dinner and rest.

Thank goodness, my dogs are killing me!

Tomorrow…a bus to Vienna!

Some laundromat time in the morning, then art in the afternoon, and a long walk later on.

The modern art museum here is good. I spent 4 hours in just the permanent collection. The temporary exhibits looked good, but I’d seen enough.

Lots of free podcasts and walking tours of many European cities out there. I just listened and people watched until bedtime.

Last day in Prague…probs spend it at the castle and another museum. No surprise there lol.

Mary

Another great day. The weather cooperated with me and I’m glad.

After a nice AM walk, I saw a bunch of art at the National Galleries.  There’s six buildings spread across the city, and I managed four before they closed for the day.  Not too shabby. Some proper art here in Prague if you want any. I left the two best ones for Monday.

At five I found a walking tour of the castle area. It was just okay. The guide was enthusiastic but couldn’t answer questions. I discovered that I’m definitely going back to the cathedral, anyway.  So that’s good.

After the tour, some dinner. It was a stew of some kind, with the delicious saltiness of chili, but a different flavor. Very good.

Tomorrow’s another marathon. Lol. Hopefully it won’t keep me from my sightseeing, as the finish line is the town square!

C u later!

Super day here in the Czech Republic.

Nice several hours walking around, then a free tour of the old town. The guide was a Prague resident who had extensively traveled in Europe, so she had lots of insight into the type of things travelers want to hear. Good tour.

I met a neat lady from Belgium, and she was nice enough to have lunch with me. Very good soup at this place off the square.  

The rest of the afternoon we walked around the riverfront area and had tea. Delightful!

I’m headed to the national gallery tomorrow to see Bohemian treasures.

Have a good weekend!