Prague is snow good!

Christmas Day was a lazy, sleep in kind of day.  Some of us got up after ten and we had a cooked breakfast which was impressive under the circumstances.  We watched a German "Weihnacten" (Christmas: pronounced vine-ark-ten) concert on tv while we played on the iPads or did crosswords.
We left the apartment at 2pmish (two hours before it was dark - now that was weird and went to see the Charles Bridge - the largest pedestrian bridge in Europe (or was it the oldest? Eurgh- too much history struggling to find a permanent location in my memory).  It was very crowded.  There were plenty of shops, restaurants and sights open on Christmas Day which is impressive considering how much of Perth shuts down at this time of year.  Another thing I love is the babies.  Babies here look like mini sleeping bags with faces.  It is so cute - all you can see is little faces surrounded by puffer jacket type material and sometimes a hand or two.
The Christmas concert we went to was wonderful.  It consisted of different sections of some symphonies played by string instruments, them some organ music on this really old and fancy looking organ, then some opera and finally all together with a choir.  It was exceptionally memorable because of where we listened to it.  In the Klementium which is a concert hall built in the 1600's.  It is baroque in style with amazing roof frescoes and marble pillars and gold leaf filigree everywhere.  The setting and the lovely music made me appreciate how hundreds of years can go by and people can still appreciate art.  I am envious of the creators of something so wonderful.
We went on a tour before the concert of the Klementium and saw their astronomical clock and baroque library - wow!!  I know why God has not fixed lotto to let me win and be a multi-millionaire. He knows that I would build a two storey sumptuous library like that one, with a secret garden attached and never leave the house!  The view of the Prague Castle and old town at night was well worth the stairs (not as many as the Cologne Dom Cathedral thank goodness).
The next day we got up early to avoid the crowds on the Charles Bridge and the Prague Castle.  As we were on the bridge it snowed a very little but it was awesome to see little star shapes of ice land on us all.  They were so pretty.  We trekked up the hill and wandered around the castle grounds.  As we were in front of the church on top of the hill it started to snow - yippee!!  We were all very excited.  It got harder until the tops of roofs and trees turned a little white.  We couldn't contain our excitement.  We snapped photos and shook it laughingly from our beanies and hoods and threw what we could at each other.  It passed after ten minutes or so but it was awesome.  We finished looking around the castle and walked down the hill to the John Lennon wall where you can write on a wall messages of peace/hope which started in the 70's from the Czech people who felt oppressed by Russian government.  We added a message to it, took photos at a statue that pees and went back to our accommodation as we were all really cold.  It was our first day of zero degrees with many more and worse to come (many of them without the pleasure of snow).
We head to Vienna tomorrow for 3 days before separating with the Godfreys.  We have all enjoyed being in the same apartment as each other and having the room to lazy and still chat.

I hope you have had a wonderful Christmas and are enjoying the warm weather.
Thanks for reading.
Again - photos on Haylee and my mum's blogs.