Prague Day 2

We had a nice slow start to today; I finished my book (What is the What) in our hostel's courtyard so we didn't end up leaving until around noon. We walked to Wenceslas Square and hung around the area for a while. There are lots of shops along the way so we all did a lot of window shopping and comparision shopping since every place here has the same knick knacks. We also got our first Prague hot dogs, which are supposed to be some of the best in the world. I don't really know about that, they were definitely spiced differently than American hotdogs, but in most respects tasted the same. We also got to sample the Prague gelato.

From there it was a nice leisurely walk back through the old town into the Jewish district again since we wanted to see it on a non-Saturday. Mostly we browsed all the little stores and markets along the way. I picked up a traditional czech pastry that I don't know the name of. It's a swirl of toasted sweet bread with nuts and I think cinnamon on top. They smelled so good from the street I had to get one. From the Jewish district we crossed the river and made our way to one of the St.Nick churches, but unfortunately it had closed early for a concert, so we'll have to come back another night. In the same area we saw John Lennon's wall: a tall, painted wall (actually a lot like the Berlin Wall) maybe about 20 meters long. There was the Coexist sign, lots of peace signs, a portrait of Lennon, etc. Also some weird foam confessional outside...we're not sure what that was all about.

When heading back towards out hostel we took the Charles Bridge and Angela picked up some pretty handmade earrings. She also fed the seagulls some bread she found. I have a good picture of the seagulls catching the bread from out of the air. It actually got a little scary as the seagulls were starting to figure out where the bread was coming from.

Back at our hostel tonight we made some pasta for dinner and played a game of scrabble (Angela won...even though this is the first time she's ever played). A nice low-key day with tons of walking again. My legs and feet are starting to worry me cause they ache most of the time now. Tomorrow we are going to see the Prague Castle and the Loreta church (with Santa Casa in it), and St.Nick's if we can fit it in.