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| Looking toward our Mala Strana Residence from across the Vltava River - Prague, Czech Republic Copyright Andy Richards 2024 - All Rights Reserved |
YOU CAN probably tell by the number of posts and images that Prague is a magical place. I was ready to stay longer. And we will be back there!
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| Our "home away from home" in Prague, smack in the center of Mala Strana Copyright Andy Richards 2024 - All Rights Reserved |
THIS MORNING I had started very early with twilight photos of the Charles Bridge and a "photo walk" into the Old City. By the time I returned to our "home away from home," I had learned that the ladies had decided to go up and see Prague Castle and Bruce had gone along with them.
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| View of Mala Strana from our Mala Strana Residence Rooftop - Prague, Czech Republic Copyright Andy Richards 2024 - All Rights Reserved |
I TOOK the opportunity to make some shots from the roof of our building. We had the penthouse suite and from one of the bedrooms there was a steep, narrow stairway to the rooftop where there were 2 very small seats. But the view! We had already seen Prague and its spires from afar, from up at the Prague Castle. The view from our rooftop was much more intimate, giving a birds-eye view of the busy Mala Strana streets below and a "reach out and touch" perspective of the massive and impressive church directly across from us.
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| View from the Rooftop of our Mala Strana Residence - Prague, Czech Republic Copyright Andy Richards 2024 - All Rights Reserved |
TRAINS AND especially trams have always fascinated me as a photographic subject. Most of my tram images are from street level. Because we were right on a busy tram interchange, our rooftop view afforded the unusual opportunity to photograph the trams from up high, as they rounded the curve into the Mala Strana tram stop.
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| View from the Rooftop of our Mala Strana Residence - Prague, Czech Republic Copyright Andy Richards 2024 - All Rights Reserved |
WHEN THE rest of the group returned from their Castle sojourn, we headed back to the Old City to hit a few places we had not seen (or at least not all had seen). It was actually partly sunny and mild and we wanted to see a few of the things we may have missed in the old city, and maybe hit a pub or two.
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| Bird's-eye view of Staromestske' nameste' (town square) - Prague, Czech Republic Copyright Andy Richards 2024 - All Rights Reserved |
WE HAD planned to go to the Jewish cemetery, but something about access to the cemetery was wonky, and we ultimately walked by and headed back toward the main Old Town square, to take the elevator to the top of the City Hall building for another view from up high.
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| Staromestske' nameste' - With Tyn Church in the background - from the Old Town Hall Prague, Czech Republic - Copyright Andy Richards 2024 - All Rights Reserved |
THE CHURCH of Our Lady Before Tyn' is a 14th century Gothic Church build during the reign of Charles IV that fronts the main square (once called Tyn Court) that is the oldest marketplace in Prague, set at the crossroads of the trade routes. Often described as "dominating" the square, this beautiful old Gothic Church (one of two spectacular gothic churches - the other being St. Vitus Cathedral over in Mala Strana) is actually hard to photograph from street level. The shot here yields - in my view - a much better image of the church. The Tyn Church is also where the tomb of celebrated Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe is buried.
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| View toward Mala Strana (with Prague Castle and St. Vitus Cathedral in the background) from Town Hall Tower - Old Town - Prague, Czech Republic Copyright Andy Richards 2023 - All Rights Reserved |
THE VIEW from the tower may be the best of all viewpoints to see the expanse of Prague. The parapet all the way around the tower gives a view in all directions. The shot above toward Mala Strana gives a pretty impressive perspective on just how much the St. Vitus Cathedral at the Prague Castle dominates the entire landscape of Prague. For unique and fun photographic perspective, you can also point your widest angle lens down at the street level below.
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| View of the Square from the Town Hall Tower - Prague, Czech Republic Copyright Andy Richards 2024 - All Rights Reserved |
Not sure this comment will go through Andy. I haven’t tried to leave a comment in quite a while because they usually don’t go through, but decided to give it another go. Beautiful photos of such a beautiful city!
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