hoilday to Prague, Bratislava and Budapest
16/5/14
Mum felt unwell after breakfast, so Patrick and I left her to sleep it off and went out. We walked up Zizkov hill, though the park - as the tunnel to Karlin had a car and a camera crew in it. Plus it was a long tunnel, we had no clue as to where it was going. The Park on the hill is very nice and steep. At the top of the hill is the Zizkov Monument, a Mausoleum. Most of the names of the graves have gone but it still feels like a place of respect. To get inside you walk up the steeps of the mausoleum past the statue of Jan Zizka, General of a 1420 Hussite army. Once in the mausoleum you go down the steeps to the graves. Then once you come back up, you can go above the church part to the balconies from the corner stairs. The walls have brilliant mosaics on them. Peasants going to war and things like that. It was a special place and the Zizkov Statue is huge, the General on a horse, it’s about four stories tall.
From the mausoleum we walk down Zizkov hill to the Army Museum. There are four rooms in the Museum. 1914-1918, 1918-1939, 1939-1944 and the Assassination. Most of the museum in not in English, in fact the only English we found was the Army reports on the assassins. Patrick and I have fun trying to work out what everything was. They have some cool models in the 1918-1939 room and Battles layout in the 1939-1944 room. It was really good.
We came back to the hotel to check on Mum. She was better, so we went to the National Museum.
We went to the rock room first at the national Museum. Lots of cool rocks all different types, some gem stones, some magnetic stones that set off the compass. We looked at the prehistoric rooms that go from the stone age to the 10th century. Lot’s of pots, arrow heads axes and jewelry. You could see the slow progression from one type to another. Then there was a underwater room and a medal room. From the water room we went upstairs, where there where two Mammoths head on the wall. Then back down to the basement saw models of old civilistion cities and forts. Mum did not know that there where cities in North America before Europeans came to North America. From the Museum we went and had dinner, that was nice.
After dinner we walked to the old town square, looking at shops.
Patrick and I spent some time trying to work out how the Astronomical clock worked. We could not.
The old square looks great, but it’s full of tourists. From the square we came back to the hotel.
Mum felt unwell after breakfast, so Patrick and I left her to sleep it off and went out. We walked up Zizkov hill, though the park - as the tunnel to Karlin had a car and a camera crew in it. Plus it was a long tunnel, we had no clue as to where it was going. The Park on the hill is very nice and steep. At the top of the hill is the Zizkov Monument, a Mausoleum. Most of the names of the graves have gone but it still feels like a place of respect. To get inside you walk up the steeps of the mausoleum past the statue of Jan Zizka, General of a 1420 Hussite army. Once in the mausoleum you go down the steeps to the graves. Then once you come back up, you can go above the church part to the balconies from the corner stairs. The walls have brilliant mosaics on them. Peasants going to war and things like that. It was a special place and the Zizkov Statue is huge, the General on a horse, it’s about four stories tall.
From the mausoleum we walk down Zizkov hill to the Army Museum. There are four rooms in the Museum. 1914-1918, 1918-1939, 1939-1944 and the Assassination. Most of the museum in not in English, in fact the only English we found was the Army reports on the assassins. Patrick and I have fun trying to work out what everything was. They have some cool models in the 1918-1939 room and Battles layout in the 1939-1944 room. It was really good.
We came back to the hotel to check on Mum. She was better, so we went to the National Museum.
We went to the rock room first at the national Museum. Lots of cool rocks all different types, some gem stones, some magnetic stones that set off the compass. We looked at the prehistoric rooms that go from the stone age to the 10th century. Lot’s of pots, arrow heads axes and jewelry. You could see the slow progression from one type to another. Then there was a underwater room and a medal room. From the water room we went upstairs, where there where two Mammoths head on the wall. Then back down to the basement saw models of old civilistion cities and forts. Mum did not know that there where cities in North America before Europeans came to North America. From the Museum we went and had dinner, that was nice.
After dinner we walked to the old town square, looking at shops.
Patrick and I spent some time trying to work out how the Astronomical clock worked. We could not.
The old square looks great, but it’s full of tourists. From the square we came back to the hotel.