Prague Tour

We started in the morning by going to the Strahov Monastery, it was on top of one of the mountains surrounding Prague. The biggest library is housed there in the Monastery. After seeing that we started walking down the hill towards the town. As we were walking our tour guide told us that the Prague Castle has the biggest castle grounds of Europe because of our all the churchs, stores, and homes. We also saw the palace guards who stand at every enterance like at London. And of course I had my picture taken with one of them haha. On the hill, on our way down to the town, we also saw the replica of the Eiffel, it only 1/3 the size of the actual one though. I also saw the Schuassenberg Palace. It was built in the 16th century. It is done in graffito style. And it was damaged in 1542 by a fire but has been restored since the fall of communism. Our tour guide said that alot of the family palaces and big homes were taken away during communism and finally given back hundred years later to whoever was left in the family, where ever they were, but the palaces who in horrible shape. The European Union paid for most of Prague's expensive up keep jobs. Another thing I learned was that the Czech unemployment rate is only 2.1 %! And that their Independence day is October 18, 1918. Which is only a day and like 81 days from my birthday haha. Within the main palace's inner courtyard was the Kohl Fountain, aka- fertile fountain. The tradition goes that if a woman throws a coin into it within a year she will be pregnant. Maria Theresa threw 16 coins in it, and sure enough she birthed 16 children. Also within the palace walls is the Cathedral of St. Fitus. It is built in the neo-gothic stlye. It is the biggest and longest church in the Czech Republic. One of the windows in the palace is very very famous. It is the symbol of 2nd Prague. In 1618, there was a fight between the Protestants and Catholics. The story goes that the Protestants pushed Catholics out of the 2nd window and the fell to where the cross stands today. But none of the people died, they were just bruised. They believe that Mary saved them. This act started the 30 years war. We also crossed the Charles Bridge the oldest bridge in Prague, it was a walking only bridges bc of the age but there were tons of people selling jewelry and prints. That is when I decided what else I want to collect other than my patches, PRINTS form every city or country! On the other side of the bridge there was the biggest night club in Europe, it was five stories and every floor had a different theme and types of music. I didnt get the chance to go but I got pictures during our tour. Our tour guide said that Prague has a big night life. Soon after that our tour ended and we had a little while to shop. I got a pretty stone necklace and walked around the parts of the city I didnt get to go the day before. On the bus home we all studied for our Humanities test 2, We had an oral exam and I got an A!! Be proud haha