departure

I really didn't want to do it too fast, but things are almost never as we plan them. I still haven't finished packing my bags, but I'm leaving Prague tomorrow morning for Paris. For good, or almost, this time. So I have to tell you this is probably the last post on my Prague's photoblog. I will definitely come back to Prague, I will have to anyway in the near future, at least to finish moving everything - I am really not able to pack my life in 2 bags- but ... Prague is moving very fast, and today was full of "last time". I will love Prague for-ever-and-ever, for all its sides, but I'm pretty sure it will never be my Prague anymore.

Keep checking, a Kakna's Paris will probably come out soon, hope to see you there :)

edit: the Paris blog is up and running. http://kaknaparis.blogspot.com

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paved road

Promenade on the riverside, reserved to pedestrians and bikes... They've done quite a nice job down there.

seven to eleven

In Masarykovo nadrazi, the very central train station.

Karlin - autumn

More on Karlin here

quiet waters

Forgotten corners of Liben, where not much is going on

beer at every corner

contemporary sculpture

Imposing scaffolding surrounding the sculpture on Palackeho namesti

clin d'oeil

We had a sunny day yesterday, however, it didn't last long. Today the white-but-no-snow skies were back. I like these creamy rounded shapes on the blue sky, it makes me think of Barcelona, for some reason :)

good or not

This picture could also have done well for the doorways theme day. Oh well, too late.

theme day : doorways

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seasonal

Yesterday and today were really cold...time to squat the tea rooms again!

heights

See the buildings in the background? That's one of Prague's outskirts dense residential districts. People live in prefab buildings there, but they must have a nice view

1985?

I didn't have to go very far to find that grocery shop window. It's in Karlin, on one of the main streets. And yes, I took the picture recently :)

not your regular goulash

Fallow deer meat and bacon dumplings... not your regular light lunch either, but once in a while, everybody needs comfort food :)

oasis

Off Wenceslas square, in the very center of the city, get the best teas of the world... head to Dobra Cajovna

and...back

I'm back in the city again, although probably not for a very long time. After more than 10 days of almost nothing done with my camera, the blue skies encouraged me to take it out yesterday on my way from the airport.

coffee time

These new cafe-in-malls do their best to make it comfortable... I'm not sure they manage, I don't know, somehow I'm just allergic to these places.

perfect day

I really had plenty of things today. But come on, 25°C outside, and such a sunshine in October? I headed for the zoo. Where else.

giant bin

Once in a while, empty containers are placed for a day on the street, so anybody can throw out what they want to get rid of and can't be put in the regular bin. It can also be a good occasion to furnish a flat for free if you're not against a bit of renovation :)

golden moment

When the sunset finds its way through the winding streets to hit the goldsmith's sign

dawn

Opening one's eyes at dawn, somewhere in New Town

fire tongues

...or that's how it looks, somehow. Abbey Na Slovanech (or Emmaus) in Prague 2, whose church was badly destroyed during an air raid at the end of the Second World War. The renovation started in 1946, and the new western facade look was found through an architectural competition won by Frantisek M. Cerny who used shell plates of reinforced concrete.

rush hour

Saturday night, peak hour in this cafe in the center

central park

In Zizkov, the big real estate operation Central Park, almost ready to move in...

on my way

On my way from lunch, Prague 1

wooden insides

I missed the European Heritage Days this year. It was last weekend, and I completely forgot about it. Two or three years ago, I went to visit the wooden church in Liben, on Zenklova street (Kostel sv. Vojtěcha), built in 1905. The interior was really amazing...

postcard

We're so lucky to have such a nice weather this late in September! 26°C this afternoon, really unbelievable.

so natural

One of these older cars that aren't around so much anymore...

small and hidden

Evening in a small bar in Prague 7 - enter the hostel, walk in the corridor, open the door on your right, go down the stairs... here you are, take a beer and wait for the concert to start.

sunset silhouettes

I just love it

topless

Topless service in this restaurant between 7pm and 11pm :)

deja-vu

Already when I took the picture, I was thinking about this other one. Same skies, same impressions, but in Old Town with the peaks of Tyn church.

evening suns

Night falls pretty early now again, and around 19h45 it's alreay quite dark. Not a bad thing, it helps seing things one didn't notice before, no matter how large they can be - in my case, this new (?) hotel downtown, in a courtyard behind Tyn church.

heads

descente

Yesterday was probably the last beer-on-letna-evening we could get this season... well it's been a long one, let's not complain

trying hard

to make it easier for the growing number of riders in Prague...

stones and trees

I took this one months ago at the Olsanka cemetary, which is an unexpected nice place where to wander, actually...
And I'm leaving tomorrow again for two weeks, so don't expect anything new here until then... In the meantime, you can always check what's going on through facebook or flickr.

night on the bridge

Not just any bridge. Charles bridge.

night star

Night in Radost FX club, for a change

renovated train station

I thought nadrazi Vrsovice was deserted until I stopped by yesterday to take some pictures, and found out it's actually all renovated...As I read later, the 19th-century building's renovation took place between 2002 and october 2008.

the one on Karlovo namesti

new era at florenc

Prague has a new bus station building! It's nicely glazed, with lots of screens showing departure and arrival times, everything is also written in english, there's a helpdesk, toilets, and things you can buy to eat... a whole new world in Florenc, those who went through the former place will know what I mean.

Karlin series - 12

If you missed my other posts onKarlin, a poorly-known district along the river, and adjacent to the Old Town, you can click here:
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mind travel

This courtyard of Prague's old town really made me feel like in Spain

and up again

Coming back to street level from the river banks, reserved to pedestrians, cycles and swans

inside out

what belongs to the cafe and what to the street behind the glass?

gallery bar

Above Roxy not far from Old Town square, the NoD space has been renovated recently, and still offers a wide range of "activities" in the evenings

neighbours

Two of the buildings around Jungmannovo namesti in the center, bathed in the sunset of an otherwise pretty grey day...

lone player

Just before sunset, someone decided he would practise the double-bass in the park...

under bridge

Under Cechuv most