Clam Gallas Palace

The palace where Leoš and I had our wedding finally opened to the public.  I really wanted to check out the other rooms of the palace, so we joined a tour with my mom and some other random people.  It was really cool to find out that Mozart and Beethoven performed in the palace.  There were so many rooms and they all looked so beautiful.  Once we entered the dance hall, where Leoš and I had our ceremony, I decided to ask how often weddings would happen in the palace.  The tour guide said that it didn't really happen that often and that's when I disclosed that we had our wedding in February.  The tour guide was shocked and told us that we were very lucky to have it there.  She said she remembered that the Town Hall for Prague 1 had an agreement with the palace to have a few weddings.  It was funny because we didn't have to pay for the wedding, but we had to pay for the tour.  It was worth it though.  The lady was very thorough and we learned a bit about the palace.  I also included a few embroidery pieces I have done.

                                                                      line art on canvas 

                                               my most complicated embroidery project so far

                                                 the room that Mozart and Beethoven played in

                                                   the two family shields come together as one

                                                     the dance hall where we had our wedding

                                                  the China room due to the tea pot and tea cups

Butterfly Exhibit at the Botanical Garden

I had some extra time in the morning, so my friend and I decided to go to the botanical garden to check out the butterfly exhibit. It was so nice to go during the week because it wasn't that busy.  However, once we got to the greenhouse area where the butterfly exhibit was, it was so crowded with school children.  A lot of kids were on school trips to see the butterflies. We were lucky enough to have a butterfly land on both of us.  For lunch we decided to eat at the newly opened restaurant at the garden and the food was great! The price was good too, so that was a bonus.  Then we returned to the center of Praha and went to Cerna Madona to have their artistic desserts.  They were a work of art and tasted fantastic!  Later in the afternoon while I was walking in the forest I came across a butterfly and it walked on my face. It was a butterfly filled day!

                                                                            cocoon area

                                                                feeding area for the butterfly

                                                                     a butterfly landed on me

                                                                         so beautiful

                                                            a butterfly landed on my friend

                                                  pulled pork sandwich at the botanical garden

                                                                        works of art

                                                                            heavenly

                                                                walking in the forest in Strasin

                               the butterfly walked from my nose to the top of my head and then flew away