14 Nov

 Walked along the river towards the castle. Went across the bridge in front of the giant metronome. All the manholes have the city logo/crest and the beautiful lamp poles on this bridge did too.

Walked through the park bit on the top of the hill over the river. Spectacular views. I also saw a little black squirrel.

Made it to the castle and it's a massive collection of builings and courtyards... a few churches, a little lane where goldsmiths and makers of different kinds worked and lived.

I went up the tower of st vitas and saw Mucha's stained glass window inside which was very very beautiful. There were a few interesting windows in there in some quite different styles.

The castle rooms were stunning and quite elven looking. with thin vaulting. There was a group of rooms that looked like they had the family tree painted all over the ceilings/walls but they were records of lords and landholders or something like that.

Out the front in the adjacent courtyard was the Schwartzenberg Palace which is now owned by the national gallery. Amazingly decorated facades. 

Walked down the hill via St Nicholas which was closed but I could see the massive frescoed baroque vaults through the windows.

I got a chimney icecream thing on the way home (a snickers one) which is like a cylnder of doughnut with cinamon and sugar on the outside, filled with nice icecream and topped with (in this case) salted caramel, peanuts and chocolate. It was amazing.

Ate pasta in the hotel room and watched Synchonous which was utter shit, and then Red Notice which was ok/fun.

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