Another day, and today we're off to Prague, well we arrived in the afternoon and they let us loose for a few hours, then onto the hotel for dinner, then the obligatory night tour, that inevitably you can't see a bloody thing. Well after dinner the short tour began, and it was up to the castle to have a walk around. Now this was lit up good and proper, and it was just fantastic to see it like that. After the tour, we all piled into a Czech pub to taste some beer, well that was wasted on me as I don't drink, so Pat had her beer, and a bit of mine too.
The next morning came, and along with unbroken sunshine.
Today I wanted to finish something I started 6 years ago on my last visit to Prague, and that was to see the Crypt where the Czech hero's hid out, having successfully managed to kill Rinehard Heydrich. It was 6 years ago that I last came here, and on a Monday too, and it was shut, I was gutted, so this time being in Prague I was on a mission to see this place, and place a comment in the visitors book.
Saints Cyril and Methodius Cathedral - Wikipedia
You can't imagine what they must have thought when they were discovered, to say that they were Heroes, is an understatement.
We were there for about an hour or so. The bravery of all these men is astounding.
I duly signed the book, " To stand where heroes once stood, is an honour ".
Off now to Wenceslas Square, which is getting a major update. Off to the Charles Bridge, which was packed, and up again to the castle to see it in daylight, and to get an overview of Prague too, then further up to the Little Eiffel Tower. Or the Petrin Tower
Petřín Lookout Tower - Wikipedia
As we'd been walking all day, we took the lift up and down. It's a great view of Prague when you get up there too. On our walk back to the hotel some 40 mins later, we popped into Tesco's, yes Tesco's, they have one in Prague, to buy some nibbles for our journey to Belgium, and the end of our trip.
So that's it our 13 day trip to the eastern part of Europe is over. The weather had been brilliant, to say the least, the only day that wasn't up to much was Berlin, every other destination that we visited had glorious sunshine, the only rain we had was when we were in transit. Not a bad result I'd say
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St Cyril and Methodius Orthodox cathedral, where the brave Czech and Slovak fighters sadly lost their lives.
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The Crypt.
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Here are 2 links to the 1400 pictures I took of the trip, I'm a lunatic with a camera, I just click everything going, as it's not every day you get to see these places.
East European Tour 2024
Eastern Europe Tour. Phone 2024
