First off, I had family visit towards the end of October!! It was fantastic getting to see them and show them around my new city!! We went around town and did all of the touristy sight-seeing things I hadn't gotten around to yet. It was fantastic!! We spent a day going from the Stromovska monestary/brewery to Prague Castle and St. Vitus Cathedral. We wandered through Mala Strana and ended up walking across Charles bridge at dusk. We all agreed that was perhaps the most amazing vista in Prague, on this amazing historic bridge, with the castle and cathedral all lit up on a hill behind you, and the Old Tower Bridge lit up before you with Tyn and various rooftops framing the scene. This would be an awesome place to post my panoramic picture of said vista, but sadly I lost my camera about a week later. But don't worry, I'll get to that...
This picture gives you an idea, but it pales in comparison to the real thing.
Here's a view of the inside of St. Vitus Cathedral, it is absolutely amazing.
The touristy Prague things were fun, but the best part of having my family in town (besides getting to see them of course) was most certainly the plethora of AMAZING meals we had! I have neither the refined palate nor desire to take pictures of my meals (nor camera for that matter) to have a food blog, but if I did, an epic post would go right about here.
Moving along, we saw an amazing classical music concert at a chapel right next to Charles Bridge that is home to the second oldest organ... ever? I dont remember, there was something notable about it. I do remember that it had been played by Mozart and Dvorcak back in their respective days. The concert we saw was a reproduction of Dvorcak's Ave Maria among other pieces, it was fantastic!!
And more fantastic still, when we left the concert, we were in Old Town (tourist central) and in dire need of beverages. To avoid the crazy prices in the city center ($4 for a beer?!?!?!!! in Prague?!?!!) I led us down a small alleyway where a Guinness sign was calling our name. We went inside, only to find that we had stumbled upon a bar I had been dyinggg to go to since I arrived!!! Backstory: when I decided I was moving to Prague, I started researching popular bars and clubs (what else). One in particular caught my eye, a Cuban-Irish pub called O'Che's. What is a Cuban-Irish pub? What does it entail? I had no idea, but I was determined to find out. I tried convincing my friends to go a few times, but we got lost on the way once, and I got vetoed once due to its vicinity to the center. Aaaanyhow, we randomly ended up there without even trying! It was fun, your usual pub I suppose, with lots of pictures of Che Guevara around, and a frescoed pseudo-altar to Che behind one of the tables.
So, thats about all I remember from the last week in October in Prague, the next week I was off to.....
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