Prague Day 2

Day 2 we were determined to have a more productive day of site seeing. We got up pretty early and went to Old Town Square to take some pictures during the day. 

 From there we went to the Jewish Quarter. We took a few pictures, but didn’t go on any tours.

After that, we crossed the river and started making our way up the hill to the Prague Castle. At the top of the very long staircase was an amazing view of Prague. After taking a ridiculous number of pictures we continued on into the castle grounds.

We happened to arrive right on the hour so we were able to see the changing of the guard. We knew we wanted to go on a tour of the Castel so we got in the LONG line and waited to buy our tickets. 

The Castle grounds were pretty cool. My favorite part was the cathedral. If you ever visit Prague I would recommend going to the castle, but don’t bother with the tour. You can still go into the Cathedral without a ticket and the rest of buildings weren’t too exciting.

 After seeing the crown jewels at the castle we left and took a few pictures of the Schwarzenbersky Palace. 

 By then we were starving so we stopped and had pizza at a little restaurant near the Palace and the Castle.

  

  

Then we went to the Franz Kafka Museum. He was a famous German Author who was born in Prague. His style of writing is difficult to translate into English and I hope that is why I hadn't heard of him before.  As we continued home we crossed the river and that’s when we saw all the swans.