Post-Christmas Trip, Day 10: Last day of Praha
This is our last day in Czech Republic! (I made it sound like I have been here forever, didn’t I?) We went back to the Pražský hrad (Prague Castle) to check out the paid components… turned out, there isn’t actually too much that is worth seeing… or maybe I was just severely affected by the cold weather that I couldn’t be bothered looking anymore… trust me, you will also get numbed after seeing more than ten European castle or churches, no matter how amazing they are. However, I do think the Zlatá ulička (Golden Lane) is quite interesting and visually attractive. It is made up of a row of tiny houses which are now served as little shops that sell souvenirs (or maybe that’s why it’s more attractive? ah well…)
Pražský hrad (Prague Castle)
After leaving the Castle, Greg and I then went on the wild search for Frank Gehry’s dancing house (Tančící dům in Czech if that means anything to you) which originally was named Fred & Ginger. I normally am not a big fan of Frank Gehry (Certainly was less of a fan after seeing the close resemblance of the Disney Opera House in LA and the Guggenheim in Bilbao!) But we really didn’t have too much left to do and this building has always looked so photogenic on Flickr that I couldn’t resist not to do some photographic documentation myself:
Being lured by the idea of having a hot bowl of Phở, Greg and I followed a local’s direction and went to the Vietnamese Market in Praha on tram. But I guess we arrived there too late, shops are starting to close – and I saw nothing resembling Phở, or any rice paper rolls… :( We finally went back to hostel and resort our dinner to pizza downstairs at our hostel with Nisha and Bala before going to Praha hlavní nádraží to wait for my past mid-night trains (4 changes on a night train by myself, you have no idea how much I was looking forward to it!!!) to Yvonne’s place at Zeulenroda in Germany.