Thursday, October 27, 2016

Well, Folks, It Looks Like We Have a Winner

Nope, not talking about the elections. Talking about the undisputed winner amongst recently visited eastern European towns. Thanks to all the other contestants for playing, but Prague is freakin' ADORABLE.

We arrived late afternoon/early evening, checked into our airbnb apartment 1-1/2 blocks from the Charles Bridge and strolled right on over. Our immediate thought after "Prague is freakin' adorable" was "if Disney was going to create the ideal eastern European town, it would look just like this."

Much like Bagan in Myanmar, this is simply one of those places where all I can really do is post pictures. Sorry, a whole bunch of pictures.

Looking west up the hill in the mist:

 
Looking east off the bridge:
 


Looking west off the bridge:
Or down from (the Starbucks on) the hill:
Every building is unique here. It's like another world of colorful, Italian buildings but these are all wearing haute couture, embellishment and bling.

Like this:
 
Or this:
Or these:
Or these (does everybody in this neighborhood put sculptures on their roof?):
 


The point is that absolutely everywhere you look there is something different and beautiful.

It is quite simply astounding.
 

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