Wednesday, 26 October 2011

Czeching out Prague

Disneyland move over, there's a new magical land in town!

Once upon a time in a far away land, in a city called Prague, you need to see to understand.
The magical castle high up on the hill, is the largest and oldest of its kind to be standing still. 
Its gothic gargoyles and high pointed towers, make you dream of princesses and wizards with powers.
While it would be good if I could carry on rhyming all day, Im just not that skilled, but keep reading anyway!

One cold autumn day, a train carrying two princesses flew through the mountains of Austria and into the land of Czech Republic. Snow had already begun to settle on the peaks while the sun shone brightly through the misty morning sky. Pine trees tower above the carriage and over the forrest, leaves of green starting to glow orange, yellow and red. While wiping the sleep from her eyes, one princess thought she had woken up on the otherside of the ward drobe, and was waiting for Aslan to come out of the trees at any moment. 
The ice cold air was a painful shock to the body, and the girls were desperate to find shelter fast inside the castle (Hostel Elf). 
After warming up the princesses decided to explore the Royal Gardens. As they wandered through the citrus trees, 2 little squirrells- one black, one red, scurried accross the grass, leaping and bounding, furroging for food to hord during the winter. 
Hot chocolate and fresh spiralled doughnuts rolled in cinamon and sugar kept the girls happy and warm. As they reached the end of the castle grounds the view of the entire kingdom took their breath away. Thousands of terracotta tiled roof tops, the famous clock tower, Powder tower and many other church steeples and basilicas can been seen. It seemed to go on forever. Walking down the stone steps back to the main village the smell of hot foods waft through the air, tempting the tastebuds. Fried pork knuckle was devoured, with a side of potato dumplings, and the crackle was the crispiest and juciest they had every tried. Over the course of their stay countless delicious beers were consumed, to keep them warm...
Back at the castle some royalty from Argentinia and Uraguay were playing a small guitar. One princess also new how to play and they all ended staying up til the early morning playing music and singing songs, a perfect way to end a perfect day.

One day while exploring the streets they came upon a fellow prince they knew  from their home town. Spontaneously the prince decided to join them for the day, venturing out to the neighbouring village of Kutna Hora. Here they visited a church elaborately decorated by the bones of deceased victims of massacres and war. As the candle light flickered casting shadows into the eyes of the skulls the three of them left for fear that the skulls would come back to life. Many lovely stories and experiences were shared between the three of them that day, it was almost like they were back home for a moment. 
The prince also had his own princess with him so as a group they went out to a local Inn, where they danced with other folk to a Czech music band, had their portraits drawn, drank beers and became merrier by the minute. Then two of the princesses decided to explore another bigger 'Inn' by the name of Cross Club. With 5 stories and decorated like something from a science fiction movie it proved to be a great night filled with dancing and drinking til the early hours of the morning. Upon return one princess couldn't sleep and ended up accidently waking up the prince and staying up all night playing backgamon and checkers. 

During their visit, the princesses met up with a wise Wizard who gave them a tour of the whole kingdom and taught them about the interesting history of the land. The Czech people were in many wars, and often lost many good lives during battle. They have a long and sad history, however they had a happy ending eventually.
More delicious foods were eaten including Old Prague Ham, klobásy- sausage, Cabbage with potato and bacon, pretzels, potato dumplings... The list goes on!

Sadly though, like all good fairytales they must come to an end. So the princesses packed up their belongings and boarded a train to leave this magical land, off to live happily ever after... Til their next stop anyway.

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