Lost and Found

January 8, 2010
Praha, Czech Republic

List of things to do:
Getting lost-Czech!
Finding the famous Astronomical Clock- Czech!
Seeing many other memorable sights on the “lost” way- Czech!
Having snow hit your face every second in the biting cold-Double the Czech!

Did we have an agenda you might ask? Yes, a loose one apparently. ☺
However, getting lost turned out to be one of the best things ever. We got to see many sights that we did not plan such as the Powder Tower and a mall with 200 SHOPS! It was overwhelming but gave us a resting place after walking through such a blizzard. Sitting and people watching was the most wonderful part of our trip.

After remembering what our limbs felt like, we ventured out to find this famous clock tower that was a must see. Well, we arrived about 6 hours later than planned and noticed that we had just walked circles around the city. Yes, we felt silly but seeing this gigantic tower neighboring historical and beautifully decorated buildings completely made up for getting lost. We were really bitter people before that.

Now we were encouraged to press on and visit the Jewish museum and cemetery. Similar to the Jewish museum in Terezin, CR, this museum was just as moving. The memorial had the names of all the Praha Jewish lives lost during the Holocaust written on the walls in 4 rooms. Also, they displayed children’s drawings of their perceptions of the war and their home life. The tour ended with a walk through the cemetery. We were stunned at how many tombstones lay in that cemetery. It’s sometimes hard to fathom this really happened in the past. It is even harder to realize that we stood and stared the past right in the face today.

As it was getting dark around 4 pm, we decided to end our adventure with the exquisite Praha castle! It was a must see. We managed to find it over a bridge. Now the main question was: were we going to settle for observing it from the bridge or braving it over the bridge for a real view? Well, reasoning how we’ve made it this far in the blizzard, Becca charged forward and we followed to get a final and glorious glimpse of the castle.

After a very eventful day, we thankfully found our way easily back home in a cable car. Wow Praha, you surprised us!