Free Entry to Castle

Over a year ago, the castle started to charge people to enter St. Vitus cathedral.  I think locals should be able to enter for free by showing their ID.  There are several countries in the world where they allow locals to enjoy their own country for free.  The Czech Republic should follow this example.  Anyways, on the 30th of November, there was a free entry day for the castle where people could enter all different parts of the castle for free. Some of the lines were too long, so we didn't wait.  However, we waited to go in the St. Vitus Cathedral.  It was nice to be able to enjoy the interior again.  It was a shame to see the scaffolding inside for the repairs though. Then we enter a church I had never been inside.  It was interesting to see. Then we went to my favorite garden area of the church.  The views are always nice to see from there.  The sun was out and it was a beautiful day to walk around and enjoy the beauty of the city. 

                                                                stained glass by Mucha

                                                             Leos made something new

Thanksgiving

Laura and I decided to meet up on Thanksgiving and have something different for the day.  We had ramen at a new place that recently opened in the Andel area.  The food was good, but the service from one waiter was really bad.  Luckily, there was another waitress who took care of the mistakes from the other guy.  We were able to catch up on things and enjoy some nice food.  It was a great way to spend Thanksgiving.  The next day, Leos and I went to a restaurant that had a Thanksgiving special on their menu and I had to get it.  The price was more than an average meal, but much cheaper than the other places in the city that also offered Thanksgiving specials. It came with a soup, main dish and dessert.  The pumpkin soup was quite filling and quite flavorful.  The main dish was the star of the show.  The flavors were so good and I was quite surprised how they were able to get the Thanksgiving feel on a plate.  It was really nice.  The only downfall was the pumpkin/pecan muffin.  It was so dry.  Its fine though, the overall experience was quite nice and it was the most Thanksgivingy food I've had around Thanksgiving time in a really long time!

                                                    

                                                             taken for our Korean friend

                                                            pumpkin soup

                                                  so many Thanksgiving flavors on one plate!

                                                                    Leos's meal

                                  too dry, the pumpkin bread I made was so much better!

Kunsthalle

Finally the photo exhibition in Kunsthalle was being changed to something more interesting.  The new artist who has their art on display is a Japanese artist, Chiharu Shiota.  I was able to enter the exhibition before the general public because I have a year membership. It was so great to experience the exhibition with almost no one there.  It was quite intense.  It looked like it took a LOT of work to set it up.  It took 10 days and 30 people to set it up. In the piano room I noticed that the strings were stapled individually and I couldn't even imagine how tedious it must have been to set it up. The thousands of strings that were used to make the house was quite impressive as well. It was really something unique to see and I am happy to have been able to see it in such an empty atmosphere to take it all in.  I had a quick lunch and then had a walk around the city before I needed to head home and get back to work. 

                                                I got inspired by the colors used in the exhibition

                                                                the lemonade was delicious! 

                                                                Taiwan 10,565

a man decided to take a dip in the COLD river!