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Prague Christmas Market

20/3/2015

All the amazing Christmas markets in Europe were one of the big highlights of our trip. Prague's market was no exception. I loved the strange mix of puppets, chocolate covered fruit and ornaments. The best part though, no doubt about it was the brilliant Trdelník, a curly bit of sugary dough cooked over an open fire. I ate a lot of this stuff whilst in Prague. Also, chocolate covered strawberries on a stick. Australia needs to get on to this Christmas market stuff. It's amazing.

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Fantasia of dreamers

19/3/2015

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“The streets of Prague were a fantasia scarcely touched by the twenty-first century—or the twentieth or nineteenth, for that matter. It was a city of alchemists and dreamers, its medieval cobbles once trod by golems, mystics, invading armies. Tall houses glowed goldenrod and carmine and eggshell blue, embellished with Rococo plasterwork and capped in roofs of uniform red. Baroque cupolas were the soft green of antique copper, and Gothic steeples stood ready to impale fallen angels. The wind carried the memory of magic, revolution, violins, and the cobbled lanes meandered like creeks. Thugs wore Motzart wigs and pushed chamber music on street corners, and marionettes hung in windows, making the whole city seem like a theater with unseen puppeteers crouched behind velvet.”

- Laini Taylor

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Charles Bridge

16/3/2015

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One of the most beautiful spots in Prague (but, let's be honest: there isn't an ugly spot in Prague), Charles Bridge is at the top of most travel articles about the city. I totally agree. It is gorgeous, all cobblestones, statues and artists lining the sides. It's a pedestrian bridge, which means that it is completely okay to run from side to side like some crazed tourist trying to admire every single statue. Well, you know, okay as in you're not likely to be hit by a car doing it. You might get hit by a local. But still. One tip: get there early. It gets busy fast at the bridge, even in winter. Head there early and not only do you get some awesome light but you can do cartwheels and no one cares. It was my first stop on my first day in Prague. I headed out early so I could wander the city and experience some of what I had read so much about. Charles Bridge certainly did not disappoint.

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Ahoj Praha!

13/3/2015

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Prague, you are a fairytale princess city and I love you. We took our first taxi of the trip in order to get to our hotel (I wrecked the wheels of my suitcase stubbornly walking to the hotel in Berlin) and as we sped through the city, past the tram and down onto the riverfront, I knew that this city was to be one of my favourites. We stayed on a boat, affectionally knicknamed the Boatel during our stay. Located just down from Charles Bridge, it was the best place to stay (minus a suspicious looking bug on my bed). It was seriously difficult not to fall completely head over heels for this city. For starters, everywhere, even the more industrial sections of the city, looked like they belonged in some medieval princess film. I walked around in a dream the whole time I was there.