mashburns in the morn’…yum yum. we decided to do a bit of wandering tuesday. we started at the havelska market for some souvenirs and knick-knacks, and then spent a good deal of time hunting down two modern design stores, modernista and kubista, which were definitely not where the guides said they were at…blah. but while we were on celetna street, we perused those shops too. i even picked up something for my niece…woot. it’s actually still on my shelf (i blame my sis and her laziness in making plans).
we headed north after our shopping towards the jewish quarters, but once we got there, we didn’t really feel like paying to see the inside of a synagogue. *shrug* we wanted to see the old jewish cemetery, but you also had to pay to get into that as well. it must suck for those with family in there hehe. we continued northwards towards the massive metronome on the hill overlooking prague. i read in my guidebooks that the largest statue of joseph stalin used to stand on the spot where the metronome sits now, but it was torn down in the 60’s…too bad. the metronome was interesting tho…and massive. like, really big. we started snapping postcard prague shots once on the the hill, and then we just continued westward, winding thru the massive parklands that eventually connected with the palace gardens of prague castle…convenient! so since we were back in hradcany, we decided to make our way to the loreto church. we got there literally right as it closed…which sucked. so we then took a stroll thru picturesque novy svet, then to the strahov monastery, which also had closed. whups. we decided instead to hang out at the brewery across from strahov, klasterni pivovar strahov, which incidentally had some pretty rockin’ brews and food. we even chatted up this american couple who were from saudi arabia and were on their way to oktoberfest. rock on dudes.