Dec 27, 2009 |
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Our last day in Prague. Bobbie and Kelly went shopping, and so Jake and I went exploring. We saw some cool buildings – even wandered into a couple of them. But one of the highlights of the day was Jake finding something slightly more challenging than the Rubik’s cube.
He’s been doing the cube for a few months, and his current record is 1m42s. He’s been working on making interesting patterns, and setting little challenges with it – but when he moved on to trying to solve it by looking at the pieces and then closing his eyes, it was time to look elsewhere.
And it just so happens that there’s a little puzzle shop in the old town square in Prague.
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Dec 27, 2009 |
An altogether quieter Boxing Day.
Instead of turning left outside the hotel, today we decided to turn right, and just follow our noses. We ended up seeing a bit more of what we assumed to be ‘typical’ Czech life, as well as some pretty amazing stuff – like this broadcasting tower covered with babies.
It turned out to have a cafe and observation decks, so of course we went up to have a look – and as a result, managed to see pretty much all of Prague in one go.
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Dec 25, 2009 |
Kelly, Bobbie & Jake (in order of height)
Bobbie’s sister Kelly is over from New Zealand, and Christmas this year is in Prague. Bobbie’s been before, but it was a first time for Jake and me – and Kelly hadn’t been to the Northern Hemisphere before, so it’s a first for her too.
We flew out first thing in the morning Christmas Eve, and it was a fairly uneventful flight. We found our hotel, and then went for a bit of an explore – but we were all pretty tired. Kelly had been on the move for days, and this bit’s meant to be a bit of a rest. We could all do with one of those.
In the Czech Republic, tradition has it that presents are opened at around 5pm on Christmas Eve, so we sat in our hotel room and swapped gifts. It’d been an early start, so after our quiet day, we had pizza and an early night… but Christmas Day was all about the tourism.
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