Day 5

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On this day we set out to get a renewed tram pass and enjoy Wenceslas Square. So here is the story of the trip a long the way and the rest of the day!


This is a picture of Barry, it is proof that he ate the last of the fruit snacks, and did not share. Bringing snacks that we bought at Target before the plane ride was one of the smartest best decisions we have ever made. Thanks to Diane for advising us to do so. I only wish we would have smuggled more!!!

This is Joe Schmoe. Just to remind you of the zillions of things we see here that we actually have no idea what they are, but we still get to look at and enjoy!


This was a park we found along the way that had this cool tree and pretty flowers which I love taking pictures of as many of you know!

What is that? I'll tell you what it is. It's some great park art! Must have been a big spider, because in that web there is a little man. Thought it was cool. No? Ok.

This is a fountain with benches and a beautiful church we think...


We thought this was kind of strange??? I am guessing it is yesterdays bread or last weeks haha and they set it out for homeless people to eat. If we eat at this restaurant we know our food will be fresh!

This was the sweet bakery, that was pretty cheap too. I got some kind of strawberry danish, and Barry got some layered thing. Both were pretty yummy...but what was really cool was...

This awesome machine that we just put 10 crowns in and a cup drops down and it starts filling up your espresso!!! I actually had a latte and it was surprisingly delicious. We had seen people walking around with these brown cups, and now we can too!

Ok Mom, brace yourself. This was the longest escalator ever. I don't know if you can quite see it from the pics, but it even freaked me out a little!!! Sorry for the unfortunate pic.
The National Museum in Wenceslas Square! See where the people are gathered in the middle? That statue there is Wenceslas. He was the ruler back in the day but his brother really didn't like him. So, long story short, he killed. Some years later, Wenceslas was canonized! Now he's everywhere, and I'm sure he loves it. Also, where those folks are gathering is the memorial of Jan Palach. JSYK, Wenceslas Square was where the Nazis held rallies during their occupation and also where the Commies set up. At one time there were signs that read Red Army Square, but not after January 16, 1969. After that, it was known as Jan Palach square.

Here is Barry and me at Wenceslas Square. You can barely see the stature to the left of Barry's head.

This is one of only a few pictures from inside the H&M and Wenceslas Square. They asked Barry to stop taking pictures, but it was cool because the ceiling was glass and you looked up to the surrounding buildings.

This is me picking out warmer clothes. I feel so dumb, at last minute I packed warmer, but definitely not warm enough. I am doing my best, by layering and wearing Barry's hat as you can see, but brrrr!!! Needless to say, don't judge any outfits---I am just trying to stay warm!!!! Not to be too much of a Debbi Downer though, I have never enjoyed hot chocolate in June before!!!

This is Barry with a great little book that our little sister gave us!!! It is so handy and a lot of fun. The best part is that we look through it and now we check off things we have seen and ate and what not, pretty sweet. Even better than that though, is we sit for long times and read through it. I usually am writing in my journal from Kelly, and Barry reads it outloud to me...then later I have the book and I say "hey, did you know..." and Barry is like "I just read that to you earlier!!!" Hahaha so funny, to me at least!

This is the view from just in front of the National Museum, that we went in but didn't by tickets for yet, we will see. We are enjoying free things for now, seems like there is plenty of that and we are content! Inside, though, we saw the beautiful marble staircase which our Top 10 book noted was worth seeing, pretty!!!

This is for Kelley---I counted at least 200 motorcycles, holy moly!!! They went around the whole square and everybody had to stop, wait, and watch!

This is the Grand Hotel Europa, some of you may recognize it from Mission Impossible...???

Just for laughs!!!

This was inside the Lucerna Palace, another sculpture of Wenceslas, people love to steal the tongue on the hanging horse.

Here is typical Prague and it makes me giggle. Hundreds of years old beautiful buildings with KFCs. Deosn't get much better than that.

This is a pic of our grocery store! Now maybe you see why we call it Food Lion!

This is the side of our apartment coming home from the grocery store or the city, and that is our street name!!!

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