Fairytale Land

Prague at midnight and Prague in the morning are two very different places! As I walked out to meet the city this morning, I felt like I had stepped into a Disney movie! It seemed a natural thing to burst into a Disney song that everyone would also happen to know and dance to...don't worry, thats not what I did. I did mention that to Stephen and he seemed to walk a little further from me... :)
We explored the city a little, grabbed a coffee, and met a group of people for a free tour of the city! For the next few hours, we roamed Prague and learned about its history, folktales, and culture. After this tour had ended, we ate a snack by the river and walked back to meet for a second tour of the Castle! When we arrived for the tour, they told us the English tour had just left, but if we ran, we could catch up to them. So....that's what we did. Both tours were great! We learned a lot about Prague and saw most of its highlights. Our first tour guide was nice, but our second tour guide had so much energy and such fun stories! :) We ended the evening by walking across St. Charle's Bridge, grabbed some dinner, and planned more for Europe at our hostel. We had planned to see the city lights, but as I was planning, it began raining with thunder! So, we just stuck to planning :) Here are some pictures from the day.

Beautiful Prague

enjoying our tour :)

Higher view of Prague...on our way to the castle

Prague has possibly the most statues of all cities...this is of King George slaying the dragon. :)

Inside a church inside the castle grounds

Staring Contest

I am definitely the more intimidating one...

The door is just my size! (also this was in a movie called Amadeus)

Those black circles on the building are actual canon balls that have never been removed!

Steve and I on the bridge

Apparently, if you rub the dog, you will have bad luck...

...and if you rub the woman, you will have good luck! We're waiting to see what'll happen...

The sky was absolutely gorgeous all day!

Good night!