More Prague

Today was a day, heavy on walking. So it cant be all bad right? Woke up early to take advantage of free breakfast. Thankfully, early meant early enough before swarms of tourists descended upon the entire town. It was a beautiful morning, crossing the Charles bridge, towards the Hrdicany part of Town. The weather is quite nice, in the upper seventies. But it is very humid, and quite overcast.

It was a great walk, no tourists in sight, to the Petrin Tower/Gardens. This is a tower that lies atop the hill opposite the castle. Its a communist-era Russian-inspired watch tower with views over the entire city. You can go up to the top, but I was feeling lazy or cheap -- or a combination of the two. None the less it was a cool journey. On the grounds there was a cool observatory. I know, leave it to me to find the observatory. I may go tonight for the open viewing, but it is a long journey to make.

After two sub-par meals yesterday, I decided to take matters into my own hands. Along the way, I stopped into a market to purchase bread, cheese, assorted meats, and of course a fine dark Czech beer, in this case Krusovice. Though, I must say, the highlight of the meal was a location in the middle of the gardens. All I did was eat, drink, and read Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations in these gardens. Seriously though, Nothing better.

On my way back through town, I had to stop by the communism museum. Literally, there was a communism museum. It was fairly interesting, as far as museums go. The entire town is littered with communist propaganda, and many of the bars/pubs are decorated with political posters/propaganda from the communist era. Seriously, how could you avoid the vampirish matryoshka doll.

Though it must be said: Karl Marx would be rolling over in his grave. A communist museum above the capitalistic symbolism that is the McDonalds logo. But hey, you cant win em all.