On the second morning we walked up the hill to the Letenska park behind which is the "Technical Museum", it was another great little place, inside was a example of a Spitfire plane (see above) manufactured in England during the Second World War and flown by one of the Polish and Czech squadrons. They even had some of the personal effects of one of the pilots on loan from the family, it was interesting and moving. There were many other exhibits including printing, domestic appliances, astronomy and games and toys, I was a bit sad though as there wasn't an exhibit about computers (surely a shoe-in for a technical museum!)
We also saw some art while in Prague, in the picture above are a couple of crawling babies (left) and on the right the telecoms tower that dominates the skyline of the city. The two things are linked as if you loos closely on the tower you can see several of these babies crawling up the side, a little abstract for me but interesting never the less!
Of course no trip to Prague would be complete without a picture of the famous astrological clock that resides in the old town square. Here's a view looking up at the device (above) Many people hang around this spot as on each hour little model men (angels, devils and clergy) appear at the two windows on either side of the clock. We watched it once for a minute and both thought it was a little creepy, I guess those medieval folks didn't have Netflix to entertain themselves with! See part 4 for a round up of our best experiences and things to look out for in Prague.
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