Yesterday, Norm and I walked back over the Charles Bridge and into Old Prague. On our way to the bridge, we actually passed the building that Johannes Kepler lived in while he was in Prague. Kepler was the mathematician that proved that the planets revolved around the Sun rather than the planets and the Sun revolving around Earth. This is a picture of Dwarf with the plaque outside the building. The climb up the hill was pretty taxing. The roads in Old Prague are all cobble and uneven. However, once we got up to the top and around the corner, there was the Hradcany Castle and all the work getting there seemed worth it. It is the largest medieval castle in Europe, has a large cathedral in the courtyard, and still houses its president (or is it prime minister?). Here is a picture of dwarf with a guard outside of the government portion of the castle. Who knew that the Czech Republic had a law that made it illegal to hire guards taller than two inches. Actually, it's just that Dwarf is taking super massive weight gain protein.
Today, Norm and I got up early to get out to the New Jewish Cemetary (Zidovsky hrbitov na Olsanech). We kinda got lost. The place is huge but it turned out that we were walking away from the right area when we started walking away from the subway station. There are tons of gates to enter the cemetary but the one that is the closest to Kafka's grave is the one closest to the subway walkway exit. We were asked to were a yarmulke, which they provided. When we got there, two other people were checking it out. They stayed staring at it for like an hour. Norm and I wanted to take pictures but didn't want to interupt their need to stand in front of it for the entirety of their visit so we sat on a bench and waited it out. It wasn't that bad. The weather today was really very nice. Better than the first two days which were overcast and drizzily. Today was sunny with some light clouds. Actually, it was very relaxing and Norm and I spent our waiting time looking through our pictures. Finally, the two women left and we were able to check Franz Kafka's grave out. Here's a picture of Dwarf wearing the yarmulke next to Franz Kafka's grave.
Back in the city, Norm was running out of SD card space so we spent a little bit of time trying to find a computer store to burn his pictures onto CD. We finally found one that wasn't trying to rip us off. Across the street from this store is the former residence of Jaroslav Seifert. Seifert won a Nobel Prize in Literature sometime in the 1980s. Here's a picture of the monument and plaque of Seifert's previous apartment along with Dwarf. For dinner, before we had to head to the train station, we ate at a great little hot dog stand on Prague's "Robson Street" twin. Actually, we ate here a couple of times. The bratwurst is to die for. TO DIE FOR! Amazing. And those little sausages? Those alone are making me want to stay in Prague. Here is a picture of Dwarf in front of the hot dog stand.
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