Does Medevil Mean Old?

Into Prague, we arrived to a more aggressive “hawkers”, a more difficult language and a tougher understand ubahn situation. On the subway ride we made our first mistake and wound up at the wrong Marriott. Who knew there could be 2 in this well preserved “medieval city?” A “hawker” by the way is someone trying to get you to eat at their restaurants or book at their hotel or ride their tour bus. It wasn’t a New York City aggressive style confrontation but a more genteel “suggestion”. We are getting comfortable with the Café lifestyle and managing to eat well. City Centre Prague is bustling and we marvel at the commerce and the effort to appeal to tourists. The merchants stay open late and are logging long days on the weekends. We made a trip to Old City across the famous Charles Bridge to see St. Nicholas Church and The Church housing the Infant of Prague. I remember growing up with the Infant of Prague Statue in our house and to be in the presence of the original with its history and significance was inspiring. We visited the museum and saw the many outfits from all over the world including beautiful miniature garments from places like China, Vietnam, and Russia to name a few. An added bonus, we attended Mass in the gaze of the statue which was simply wonderful. Mass was said in Czech but no matter as Mass the world over is a well understood orchestration.
Monday allowed for a visit to the Largest and Oldest castle in Central Europe. It is a working castle as the President of Czech Republic lives and works within its walls. The Cathedral , is enormous and a testament to the amazing talents of man, sculptures, painting, stained glass and architecture harnessed for God. The train ride back to Vienna approached quickly, but the return trip to the train station was flawless. We even had enough time to readjust to a platform change at the last minute. We had reserved seats and Ann did the “kicking out” this time. Nice to be the “kickee” instead of the “kicked”