20220910 Prague Castle and River Cruise: Long day. Left at 9AM and not back until 8:30 PM. Got up a bit after 7AM and down for breakfast. Up in the room, got ready to leave at 9. Today we were on trams several times and the subway once.
Walked to tram stop and took it near Prague Castle. Went into the castle and visited some courtyards. This is the biggest castle in Europe. Spent most of our time in St. Vitus Cathedral. It’s really wonderful and knew what I wanted to shoot given being here in 2016. Then went into other parts of the castle including areas where we’d been back then. Took our time as we went around just seeing a fraction of what is there.
Around Noon, we headed into the adjoining Royal Gardens and Belvedere Park where there was a wine and folk festival going on. We enjoyed the singing, dancing, and music and then had lunch at a Slovenian booth. Walked around visiting the park and other booths. Around 2PM headed for Queen Anne’s Summer Palace. It’s at the end of the park. Just looked at the architecture of the beautiful building.
Took the tram downhill and then down into the subway for a ride to near Olsany Cemetery for a hour’s walk looking at a place where two million are buried. Some of the graves were so overgrown with ivy that the headstones were totally hidden. Quiet, of course, and very interesting.
Next it was a tram into the old city and Municipal House (Community House) and a bistro nearby where we had sat in 2016 watching people go by. Had gelato and relaxed for about an hour in the ornate restaurant. Around 5, we walked several blocks to the Vitava River for a 6PM dinner river cruise. Nice buffet meal and lazy cruise up and back this section of the river including having to go through locks both ways.
When finished, we walked back to the tram stop we had arrived on in that area and took it back to the stop near our hotel. Long day. Lots of sights and sounds. And tomorrow we leave here at 6AM for climb and shoot from overlook where one can see the river and its bridges.
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