Guy Down The Street

Travelogue, June 18th, 2009, Prague

I am hopelessly behind in my travelogues, so let me go back to A day in Prague. After I had a chance go to some of the suburbs and had found my way back, I ran into the Krishna devotees. Awesome, fun stuff, people dancing, singing and in general having fun. Entirely unexpected – and entirely awesome. I must have some secret admiration for people who can dance in public, how else can I explain that I followed this crowd for 3 blocks on Zitna from Stepanska to Krakovska.

Prague is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, and definitely Prague castle is one of the landmarks. In the downpour, people did not mind standing with ponchos to get entry into the castle. Not to be missed in the castle is the change of the guard. You can see the prim soldiers in blue doing the change of guard, and the feeling of general joy is present through out the castle at the time. It may be argued that the change of guard is a meaningless exercise, but that is exactly the point. Joy cannot come from very meaningful and philosophical exercises.

And what beautiful way to have a wedding than having it in the castle? This lucky couple was surrounded by dozens of people, most of whom I suspect were not the guests, but simply visitors to the castle. The wedding songs were on, and the couple must have been or at least felt like a royal couple.

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