Just "Czeching" In: Lots of walking and good meals

On Sunday my new friend Katie and I went to the area of the city where are classes are located just to make sure we knew where we were going. After we found the buildings again we did some exploring around the area. To get to school from my apartment is about a 15 minute tram ride. It seems to be very easy to get around the city as long as you know what tram you are supposed to take to get to where you want to go. Since my apartment is located right on the river we often use the river as our guide to get back home. In the area where the school is there is a beautiful church called St. Nicholas Church. The Lennon wall is also located here along with many cute shops and places to eat. We even saw people walking down the street with goats on leashes. Watching out for goats on leashes does not compare to watching out for dog doo-doo. The stuff is all over the place here. I don't think people are required to pick up after their dogs in at least Prague.

Also last night I was taken out to dinner by my new friend Valerie's dad. He was in town on business and to make sure that Val got settled in fine. The place we ate at was called Kampa Park. It was right on the Charles Bridge. We were sat in a glass patio area over-looking the water. The patio was equipped with heat lamps throughout, which was very helpful since the temperature last night was around 16 degrees.

The two pictures above are from the area around the tram stop by my apartment

The two pictures above are pictures of the Lennon Wall. The Czech people very much loved Lennon and when he was shot the Czech people were upset and wrote messages on the wall. The messages then turned into anti-communist sentiments.

The French Embassy across from the Lennon wall.

These two pictures are of walls filled with locks. People come to this place to essentially lock their love together.

This is a picture of St. Nicholas Church. It was so big I could not get it all in the picture.

A statue outside the church with the castle grounds in the background.

A close up of the statue

All the figures in the statue had wristbands on them. It looks like they are ready to go to a rock concert.

Me with the statue of course

The two pictures above are different street signs in the city.

This is what the roads look like all throughout the city

This is a picture of the sidewalk. All the sidewalks in the city center are cobblestone. But throughout the city there are different patterns they have made with the stone.

I just loved the building detail on the face of this building

There is one of the many trams that we take to get all around the city.

Another picture of a beautiful building

Here is a close up of the artwork on the face of the building

Being in Prague is so amazing. It is like nothing I have never seen before. Every building, sidewalk, door, wall, you name it has amazing detail.