Weekly Photo Challenge: One

Prague – Astronomical Clock

If I can I like to find an alternative interpretation to the weekly challenge and this week I have chosen the Astronomical Clock in Prague because there is only ONE of them in the World because after it was finished the city authorities were so pleased with it that they blinded its creator  just so that he couldn’t make another one elsewhere.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Unique

Prague – Astronomical Clock

After a second glass of the excellent beer we wandered over to take up a good position to see the famous and unique astronomical clock that stands in the centre of the square strike eleven.  It really was very impressive to look at but not nearly so good that it justified the city authorities blinding its creator after it was completed just so that he couldn’t make another one elsewhere.

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Prague, Astronomical Clock and St Wenceslas Square

After a second glass of the excellent beer we wandered over to take up a good position to see the famous astronomical clock that stands in the centre of the square strike eleven.  It really was very impressive to look at but not nearly so good that it justified the city authorities blinding its creator after it was completed just so that he couldn’t make another one elsewhere.

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Prague, Charles Bridge and the Old Town

On arrival in Prague we joined others in a mini-bus taxi that took us efficiently to the city and our hotel for a very reasonable rate.  A good taxi ride, what an excellent start!  The hotel was first class and we had an interesting room in a converted attic that was clean and spacious but with a lot of what I thought were unnecessary instructions on how guests shouldn’t move the furniture around, I mean, unless they were practicing Feng Shui and were particularly picky about the bed facing a special direction or something why would anybody want to?

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