Alana visits the Czech Republic

Alana
visits the
Czech Republic

	Prague - The Capital of Bohemia
Cafe Marnice, our first dinner in Prague	Alana on Most Legii	Alana on Charles Bridge	Prague Castle at dusk
The Municipal House (Obecni Dum)	Stained Glass at Obecni Dum	Near the Train Station (Hlavni Nadrazi)
Entrance to Vysehrad (the old citadel)	Cathedral of St. Peter		St. Nicholas' Church (1737)
At a palace in Mala Strana	Cruising the river Vltava	The castle through a garden gate	One of Alana's favorite structures
			Left, a ruined temple we discovered in a garden.
	Cubist Houses

Not a cubist house, but a beautiful shot
			We really wanted to see the Museum of Czech Cubism, in the House at the Black Madonna (above and left), but it was closed for remodelling. Next time... (sigh)
	Picnic in Letna Park
Simple, elegant, and delicious	The princess and the pea	View from Hanavsky Pavilion	Bridges over the Vltava
	Prague Castle (Hradcany)
Harry, loitering near the castle steps	Nerudova street	Schwarzenbersky Palace	Toskansky Palace
Schwarzenbersky Palace	Entrance to the first courtyard	Ruins of the oldest church at the castle
Various images of St. Vitus' Cathedral	We took almost 100 pictures here
		The Golden Lane (Zlata Ulicky)	16th century homes, Golden Lane
Reflection in a window, Golden Lane	A creepy sculpture near the entrance to the castle's dungeon	Alana is a huge supporter of the bottled water (voda) industry. When we passed this billboard, she was drinking from a bottle of Vittel -- she looked over and burst out laughing!
	Party weekend
Alana prepared a lovely spread for Harry's cocktail party, and made the apartment beautiful!	The next day was Paul's birthday party - Alana with Paul and Sonya.	The party was in the basement of a fitness club... too bad they never filled the hot tubs.	It was very hot down there...
Paul and Sonya celebrating...	'When I stare in your eyes, I get lost in the glory...' - The Jayhawks'	'Tell me more about the election results, Bruce' is what Harry was thinking here.	Bruce took this picture of Alana (the webmaster's favorite)
	Road trip to Cesky Krumlov
We rented a little green Skoda Felicia. Harry drove it on the way to Cesky Krumlov, with Alana riding shotgun and playing auto-chef. Alana drove the Skoda back to Prague, with Harry navigating and making the sandwiches.			A wrong turn lead us to an amazing place -- the ruins of an ancient castle at Choustnik. Left, a charming village we passed through on the way to the ruins.


	Cesky Krumlov
Our room at U Vaclava Bed & Breakfast
	Alana in the breakfast room	Our window above the B&B sign...	...Vaclav is Wenceslas in Czech (the Good King of Christmas Carols)
From a restaurant overlooking the Vltava	Alana has a lovely smile	The Round Tower and the Castle	Round Tower through a narrow lane
			Harry loved this dragon!
The Castle's 3rd Courtyard	The 4th Courtyard	Alana at the entrance to Vaclavske Cellars, which house the ceramic art exhibition	Harry makes a face at Alana, who is walking slow because she's awestruck
		Harry relaxing on the castle wall	A view of the Vltava below - we swam at this spot the next day
View of the old town from a Castle window			Harry's favorite house in Cesky Krumlov - we want to live there some day!
Entrance to 2nd part of the ceramic art exhibit	Alana 'shoots the moon'	...and Harry does too	Swinging on the Castle Garden gate
Castle arches seen from below	Yet another shot of the Round Tower	Alana loved this shop on the Castle steps	A hosteler's dog came and sat by us
	This where we swam in the Vltava	Another view of our favorite house
	The flat in Prague
This round window of the French Embassy can be seen from the kitchen	The living room, arranged by Alana	Plants in the bathroom window	Alana catching some sun
The flat is on Nosticova street, a narrow lane in Mala Strana (the little quarter), surrounded by charming little squares and various Embassies. The little park outside is connected by a footbridge to the island park of Kampa, which is one of the loveliest places in the city.	Harry's perch in the window, a work of cubist art in itself...	View from the same window, of the dog park below	The building dates from the 13th century, and was probably a stable and carriage house. The Czech owner of the apartment is a very nice man named Mr. Spejchal, who told us he lived here for over 25 years, and did all of the remodelling himself...

	Photos by Alana and Harry - June 2002