Saturday, April 25, 2009

Evening Walks by the Vltava in Prague

I continue to walk in Petrin park every day, and I've seen many small, sociable flocks of jackdaws in the lush grass at the base of the hill. This strutting bird allowed me to get very close:
As the evenings get warmer, Greg and I have been taking atmospheric walks on Kampa (a ten minute walk from our Mala Strana apartment), where we can see boats full of tourists going up and down the Vltava:
Near sunset the buildings across the river seem to glow:

And because there's a Kampa Museum of Modern Art, whimsical sculptures add a fun aspect to our river walks. These penguins light up shortly before dark:
Near the penguins there's a large mysterious chair:

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