Prague

After our brief unplanned stint in Vienna, we continued on with our roughly laid out list of destinations, and arrived in Prague, Czech Republic, two days ago. So far, it's been great!

Our first day was spent wandering around all the famous touristy sites, like the Prague Castle, the Charles Bridge, and the Astronomical Clock at the Old Town Square. We also threw in a few geeky engineering/architectural landmarks like Prague's famous Frank Gehry building (the "dancing house", a.k.a. "Fred and Ginger") by the river. It's no Guggenheim Bilbao, but it's a pretty cool looking building nonetheless.

Today, we went to the Communist Museum (very intense), and explored the old town a bit more. I thought Vienna and Budapest were remarkable for their wall-to-wall gorgeous buildings, but I think Prague takes the cake. We also caught a World Cup match (Germany v. Argentina) in the middle of Wenceslas Square with a few hundred other people. Germany won, and about half the crowd went nuts. My favourite celebration came courtesy of a German guy singing "We Are The Champions" by Queen. The thing was, the only actual words he knew were "we are the champions", so he faked the rest. "No time for losers" became "no eye illusions", etc. Hilarious.

Now we're off to watch some more World Cup!

P.S. If anyone knows of any good Canadian bars in Prague, let me know! We're trying to line up our own little Canada Day party here in central Europe.