Thursday, October 6, 2011

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 Prague Czech Republic – castle hill

We went over to eat breakfast where we ate lunch yesterday because I saw they had eggs and omelets, etc. on the menu.  We got a late start so it was after 11:00 am - they wouldn't serve it. We looked for another place and came to a restaurant that did serve breakfast – Café Svatcho Vaclava (No, I cannot pronounce it).  We noticed on the placemat they had pictures of Czech  ice hockey and tennis stars, Davis Cup team, etc. Radek Štěpánek and others.

Tennis player Stepanek Cafe Svateho Vaclava

After lunch we went up the funicular to the top of castle hill to see the Prague copy of an Eiffel Tower.  it looks like a miniature of the Eiffel Tower.  We went up to the top and it was a great view of Prague.  The weather was sunny but there was a fog or haze so not perfect.  They also have an observatory up on the hill and they had some really nice pictures of places all over taken from the space shuttle.

We went back to town and walked around and the stopped in a bar with a good price for beer.  it was really cute brewery decor and the restaurant in the basement was really nicely decorated.

We didn't eat there as we had seen another place that was a terrace cafe with a great people watching.  We ordered a Czech grill and had a relaxing dinner with really nice weather,

Back to the hotel to pack up to depart for Berlin tomorrow morning.

Memorial to the victims of communism   Memorial to the victims of communism

Memorial to Victims of Communism

View down the fenicularView down the fenicular

View down the funicular to castle hill.

DSC02578  DSC02579Gardens at the top of the tower hill

DSC02580 DSC02582Rose Gardens

Rozhledna    DSC02583 Edward at tower – yes, tower is not as big as Eiffel Tower in Paris.  Not sure why they built this.

Views from the top of tower.

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DSC02587Gardens below

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City of Prague from the tower.

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Surrounding building near tower

DSC02596  DSC02598Rose Garden

Kozel Beer - Czech DarkDark Czech Beer

Bar - Brewery decor - U Veivodu Restaurant     U Veivodu Restaurant in the Brewery is belowU Veivodu Restaurant Menu  Restaurant/Bar - U Veivodu (I can’t pronounce this one either) a small bar area then continue down the hall and it becomes a huge 2 story restaurant in the basement -

Elaine with a giant flower pot  Elaine next to a “flower pot”

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