Thursday, May 6, 2010

And then there were two.

business partners

John Lennon Wall- Parkour?



Czech Republic. After two full days of wandering through fairy-tale land, I can safely say this city is magical. We were lucky enough to stay with Pranadhi, who was the bomb-dot-com host. She lives in an area called Prague 2 near the baby-building by David Cerny. A couple of the night spots we hit in Prague were Redroom and Bar & Books (there’s also one in NYC!).

During the day on Sunday, we went to a not-so-touristy spot called the Metronome which overlooks the entire city. This ticking red structure actually used to be a 200 ft. statue of Joseph Stalin. The three of us grabbed a beer from the beer garden nearby and enjoyed the view in a city where beer is cheaper than water.

The next day we did a walking tour of the city and got to see some of the main sights of Prague including the Charles Bridge, Prague Castle, and Kampa Island. Some of the highlights were..

1. John Lennon wall: Since pop music was banned during the era of communism in Prague, the Lennon Wall was a place where the people would speak out and graffiti famous lyrics, sayings, and random things to demonstrate the freedom they wanted.

2. Peeing Men: There is a structure by artist David Cerny (same guy who did baby tower) that is of two men painted blue, pee-ing into a pond shaped as the Czech Republic. Right beside this structure, is a plaque in the ground that has a phone number engraved on it. Apparently, if you SMS this number, your message will be written out by the man urinating. (quite the aim)

3. View from the Metronome- as I said earlier, this view looks over the entire fairy-tale-like city. On the left you have a far view of the baby tower, in front you have the gorgeous river, and on your right in the distance you can see the famous Charles bridge and Prague castle.

just chillin






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