Wallenstein Palace and Gardens - seat of the Senate of the Czech Republic
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Sculpted wall of stalactites and stalagmites |
Sculpted wall of stalactites and stalagmites
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Albino peacock - he wouldn't fan for us |
Street scene |
Gale at the narrowest street in Prague
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Two Guys Peeing
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The Two Guys represent the EU peeing into a pond the shape of the Czech Republic.
The microchip-controlled sculptures are writing out famous quotations from Czech literature with their 'pee'. |
Interesting sign
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Charles Bridge |
Wedding locks on the bridge rail
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Charles Bridge tower -
Mala Strana (north) side
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Sculptures - there are lots of them - on the Charles Bridge
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Statue to St John of Nepomuk who was drowned in the Vltava |
Memorial to St John of Nepomuk - it is supposed to bring good luck if you touch the plaque |
Old Town Tower- south side of south tower of the Charles Bridge
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Street scene
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Pictures on signs are a good thing |
Fancy sewer cover
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He was outside our hotel - that is the EU symbol painted on his side
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We boarded the bus for a 1.5 hour drive to Sychrov Chateau. On arrival we were given glasses of wine to sip in the garden and then went to the chapel for an organ recital on the same organ that Dvorak played. Then we had a private tour of the chateau. It was bought in 1820 by the French noble family, Rohan, who escaped from the French Revolution to Czechoslovakia. The future generations had to leave in 1945 to escape the Germans, but the palace is preserved and furnished as it was in its glory days. We walked through all of the royal apartment rooms on the second floor. Of interest to us were the hunting trophies of small deer antlers and elk antlers with the sixth point branched into three prongs.
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Information sign |
Sychrov Castle - entry
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Sychrov Castle |
Sychrov Castle
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Sychrov Castle
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Sychrov Castle - interior |
Sychrov Castle - trophy hall |
Sychrov Castle - nice spiral staircase
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Sychrov Castle - library
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