The Lennon wall since 1980 has been filled with graffiti. Mostly messages of peace or lyrics from beetles songs or art. People from all over the word come by and write (graffiti) on the wall. When we went one of my classmates had written on it and it was already covered. The Lennon Wall [...]
Tag: Czech Republic
Ss Cyril and Methodius Church
Ss Cyril and Methodius Church is a baroque church in Prague that one of our teachers took us to. The church was a hiding spot for Czech parachutists during world war two after the assassination of Moravia Reinhard Heydrich, a high ranking German Nazi. They were betrayed, found and it turned into a gun fight in [...]
Kutná Hora and Sedlec Ossuary
One of our outings while in Prague was to Kutná Hora and Kostnice v Sedlci (the Sedlec Ossuary). We started our trip off at the Ossuary. An Ossuary is a final resting place for human skeletal remains. It's used when space is limited. The Sedlec Ossuary contains the remains an estimated amount of 40,000 people. Originally the [...]
Communist Museum
One of my teachers took our class, a very small class of four, to Prague's Communist Museum. The Communist Museum is located between a McDonalds and a casino. It isn't an expensive museum includes a replica of an interrogation room, items from classrooms, uniforms, statues, art, and what life was like. It starts with the [...]
Coffee Lovers
In the midst of a long day in-between tours we broke for lunch. A group of us went to Coffee Lovers Cafe and Sandwich bar. I ordered a tuna sandwich and green tea. We sat in the back because there was more seating for all of us. I loved the atmosphere, it was sunny next [...]
Franz Kafka Museum
One of the things we did in Prague as a group was have do a lot of things related to Franz Kafka. Franz Kafka was a novelist we studied while we were in Prague and whom we were all familiar with from earlier in our studies. One of the first things we did for our [...]
Restaurace u Supa
While out wandering around I noticed a sign saying live Gypsy music that evening and was curious. Our teachers had told us about going out to little restaurants and bars and listening to music and how great it was, so several classmates and myself wanted to go. It was a very musical night, but the [...]
The Astronomical Clock
The Astronomical Clock in Praha 1 is the worlds oldest working clocks. It is over 600 years old. The clock uses an astrolabe which predicts and locates the the sun, moon and stars and determines the time. There is a a golden sun that tells the time and a moon that tells the lunar phase. [...]
Prašná Brána: The Powder Tower
Prašná Brána or the Powder Tower is an important medieval monument in Prague near Old Town. It was built in 1475 by Matouš Rejsek. In the 17th/18th century it was used to hold gunpowder, which is where it name comes from. It is 65 meters/ 213 feet tall. The tower was an important gate that the [...]
Terezín
Part of our time in Prague included trips outside of the city. Our first trip was to Terezín, the Theresienstadt concentration camp. We took a bus out of the city from our hostel towards the camp. Our tour guide told us if we wanted to take any pictures inside the fortress we would have to pay, so [...]