We head towards what's called lesser town. Narrow crowded cobble stone streets. Everywhere you look a cafe nestled in some midevil building draws you in. We walked and walked and then would stop to sample some Czech beer then walk some more until we had to releave ourselves then we'd start the process all over again.
We found a symphony and bought tickets. I insisted knowing Jimmie would love this. Then we stumbled onto the coolest of cool old tavern that has been there since the 14th century. Mozart must have appreciated that it was 400 years old when he sat and drank there. The downstairs was decorated with human skulls. Super interesting place. Not sure who these people were ? Maybe they loved this pub so much they wanted to be buried there? Or rather there heads imbedded into the ceiling? Maybe they didn't pay there pub bills ? Anyhow we arranged a dinner show there. Touristy yes, but after all we are tourists.
We climbed down the 5 million steps toward Charles bridge. Beautiful statues line the whole bridge and people sell lovely handmade things. We sat and had another refreshment under the bridge where we met some lovely French people. We got lost on conversing with them. I have always found European people to have a certain softness that I don't see in America. I am so drawn to it. I don't see that with people of Prague but more on that later. Anyhow we lost track of time and before we knew it we had 15 minutes to get to our concert.
Dang those stairs! I forgot how many I had gone casually back down now I'm running full speed up the 5 million stairs. I thought surely I would die. Once I reached the top of the stairs I was full speed running by the time I sat down for the concert I was sweating like a hog and felt like I'd ran a marathon.
The music was lovely. The sounds bounced off the old stone walls beautifully and soon I was carried away. Whenever I'm stuck sitting still my mind wanders and I took another little vacation in my head for that hour. I rode horseback on green hills . I danced along a river but then I gave up dancing because even in my biggest imagination I look ridiculous trying to bust dance moves so I just went back to exploring on horseback. This kept me busy until the concert ended.
Dinner reservation at our midevil Mozart place. Fire flinging belly dancers , jugglers and drum playing guys in costumes entertained while we drank all you can drink wine and ate a plate of tasty animals. It was pretty cool and even though it was touristy I loved it.
We made friends with a cute Italian couple sitting next to us, we talked all about marriage , food, culture and our hope for the future. They were darling. The people that are in this city are not great so it was nice to chat with some friendly people.
We walked back with them and offered to buy them a beer. They argued they would buy their own but we insisted. It was nice to show some hospitality the way we were in Denmark. On our way there the wife and I were walking several feet ahead of the husbands. There's these creepy guys who are in all the town squares and are up to no good. One of them came right up to her and was very aggressive and in her face. I said "hey leave her alone. " he hollered back at me " f.. you you are ugly I wasn't talking to you ..." and on and on. I was taken back at how mean and nasty he was. I was glad the husbands didn't hear any of it because I'm afraid them trying to defend would have been a bad idea. I keep reliving this in my head and I can not get over that some people are really like this. This hateful and mean. Here I am just a mom trying to go for a walk with a friend, and this guy thinks he can just do that? Weird... there is dark element on the streets here at night. I've figured out how to identify and not make eye contact.
Over all though this city is worth seeing and is even more beautiful than Paris in my opinion. Tomorrow shall be another day of exploration .
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