Snowflakes

I always thought that pretty snowflakes only existed in fairytales, that snow in reality entailed evil shapeless clumps of ice that added insult to injury by striking you in the face en masse… As if freezing your butt off in the frigid cold wasn’t cruel enough. Imagine my excitement when I realised that I was wrong! Either that or no one’s let me in on the secret that fairytales are set in Prague.

This is also (finally) the last entry of the Europe 2010 series, will be starting on my 7-week stint in Central Java, Indonesia back in January/February 2011 from next entry onwards!

Along the Vltava

The sights of Prague were clustered around the Vltava River so it meant that we spent a fair bit of time around the river, looking at it, crossing it. Pictures taken with my compact camera along various bridges and from the Old Town Bridge Tower:

Noteworthy

I took a picture of a guy peeing in a park. It was a complete and utter accident, of course.

View from the top: Prague’s Old Town Square Tower

In 4 days we ascended 3 towers: the Old Town Hall Tower, Old Town Bridge Tower and the Main Tower in the St. Vitus Cathedral. Only the first tower made the job of reaching the top easy for me by providing an elevator; for its consideration towards unfit tourists it is officially my favourite tower. Also the person at the ticket counter who allowed me to purchase a concession ticket as a ‘Christmas present’ even though I didn’t bring my student card. Love love Prague. :)

Pictures from my compact camera: