Day 6: Czeching out the City

With no gigs scheduled for the day, the Glee Club planned a day completely devoted to discovering all that Prague has to offer. We began with the "Good Prague Tour," a walking tour through the city's main sights. One of the highlights, a key stop for any tourist in Prague, was the Prague astronomical clock ["Prague orloj"]. Mounted on Old Town City Hall in the Old Town Square, this clock was first installed in 1410 with the same mechanical components that it has today, making it the oldest working astronomical clock in the world! Every hour tourists can look to the clock to find a completely mechanized clock show, the same show that was shown in the fifteenth century! Among many other beautiful buildings and monuments, we passed by the Estates Theatre, a famous theatre at which two of Mozart's operas were premiered; the Jewish Quarter [Josefov], formerly the Jewish ghetto of the town; and the "Old New Synagogue," the oldest active synagogue in Europe which serves as the heart of the Jewish Quarter.                        

Our view of the Prague orloj for the 
hourly clock show!

A quick look at the Old New Synagogue! 

Old Town Square quickly became a point of reference
for Clubbers as we explored the rest of Prague!  

Continuing with our day of tourism, we stopped for a quick lunch break - a choice of goulash, svíčková, or potato pancakes, three traditional Czech cuisines. Of course, once lunch was served the Glee Club followed our tour tradition of singing "Grace," which came as a pleasant surprise to our tour guides.

After our lunch break, we continued with a three-hour guided tour of Prague Castle, the largest ancient castle in the world! Though it is technically a castle, it seemed to the Glee Club as more of a sprawling complex than a single defensive building. The castle buildings span centuries and consist of a royal palace, a cathedral and three churches, a monastery, defensive towers, and more! 

The castle's cathedral was many Glee Clubbers'
favorite part of the castle. Reasonably so,
because its exterior was absolutely stunning! 

... And so was its interior!

Several platforms around the castle offered Glee Clubbers a
breathtaking skyline of Prague! 

Up next, the Glee Club went on a beer culture and microbrewery tour of the city, complete with dinner. This particular tour informed us that in Prague, beer is cheaper than water!

We concluded with a stop at the Lennon Wall, a famous wall covered in street art just over the Charles Bridge. It undergoes continuous change as new street artists paint over the current art, most of which is inspired by John Lennon and lyrics by the Beetles. After our time at the Lennon Wall, we returned to our hostel and immediately went to sleep, exhausted after a long day of discovering the rich culture of Prague.  

A look at one section of the Lennon Wall.