Gosh, I should have done this much faster than I have done it, because already I'm beginning to struggle to remember what went on in each day.
On our second day in Prague, we visited Prague Castle:
We didn't go inside, in general we tended to avoid huge tourist attractions, but I figured it was worth mentioning because it's a pretty impressive building. We also made a stop at the Wallenstein Gardens, which were impressive and peaceful (apart from some idiots chasing the peacock around trying to get a picture standing next to it):
Our next stop in Prague was the Franz Kafka museum, which was pretty insane. There was a couple of sculptures outside; the one of a man pissing into the shape of the Czech Republic is by David Cerny, who is a bit of a nutter (both pictures by Heather):
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The Kafka museum itself was a pretty scary and weird place, but they certainly made the most of the fairly boring material they had (letters, first edition books etc.) by turning the whole place into a representation of some kind of existential nightmare, with strange noises like children crying playing behind a monotonous droning soundtrack, and various art installations. It was interesting, and well worth a visit.
After the Kafka museum we visited a pretty small art museum that I don't remember too much about at the moment, but I'll come back and edit this post later if I remember who the artists were (most of the works were by two artists).
That evening we experienced a lot more of the Czech hostility towards dummies like us who can't speak any Czech. Both days we went to the same supermarket and got shouted at in broken English by the same crazy woman. However, we had a really great meal anyway, in a place that has a name that translates into "The Whale" or something, but I don't remember the Czech.
That was pretty much it for Prague. A pretty place, but we struggled a little to find too many things to do.
Next stop, Vienna!
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