You just never know....

..what you're going to see when travelling...  Here are a few "interesting" things we saw in Prague.. thought you might get a chuckle out of some of these. This will be a short post. I am still working on several longer posts to "finish things up"... still want to tell you about my two day trips, the creepy "Bone Church" and the many other beautiful churches we saw. Sorry it's taken me a few days to get back to this. I took a bit of a blogging-break this weekend, and today I've been "otherwise occupied"...  Laura accepted a full time job today, in a small Nova Scotia town, working at a weekly newspaper, so we have been very busy trying to find out what's available for accommodations.... I bet I've sent 50 emails today, not to mention numerous phone calls. She will finish her current job at end of August, have a couple of days to get moved and settled, and start work there asap... I think I feel a road trip coming on for next week... we'll be apartment hunting.




Anyway, back to Prague. Our first day there, we happened upon this fountain.. we both did a double take... yes it's just what it looks like - two (anatomically correct) men peeing....

Here's a statue of Sigmund Freud.. just "hanging' around".... it's a rather eye-catching, if not disturbing image. Freud apparently had a great fear of his own death, along with a number of other phobias... So, here he is, just hangin' on with one hand, perhaps pondering whether to hang on or let go...

I have mentioned previously about the number of newly-weds we saw. Ivan told me that all these couples are Russian - they come here to Prague to be married. I suppose it is a wedding and honeymoon all in one...? Anyway we were a little surprised to see newlywed couples strolling the streets or Charles Bridge, still in their wedding garb. This couple was in Wenceslas Square, and stopped for a photo with "Shrek" who was advertising for a Thai Massage Parlour- you know- the type that has the foot massages where you put your feet in  a tank of water and little fishies nibble away the dead skin... No, I did not try it out... no sirreeee... much as I would have loved a foot massage, I wasn't putting my little footies in that tank of hungry fishies...

This building, Tančicí Dům, has been nicknamed the "Dancing House". It is actually an office building, with a fine French restaurant on the top floor. Designed by architect Frank Gehry (who designed the equally striking Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao Spain), it reminds many of Fred and Ginger- see her wispy dress and Fred's metal mesh head? So modern after all the other architecture we have seen...














This last shot was taken in a shopping mall off Wenceslas Square that Ivan led me to, I would never have found it on my own....   hmmmm... interesting.. looks like a bit of a snafu to me.....



Stay tuned for a few more posts on our Prague trip...

Peace,
Linda

Above all else, when one is travelling, one has to maintain a sense of humour....