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

K.

seven to eleven

In Masarykovo nadrazi, the very central train station.

quiet waters

Forgotten corners of Liben, where not much is going on

contemporary sculpture

Imposing scaffolding surrounding the sculpture on Palackeho namesti

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 :)

so natural

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

river banks

Great view on the river while having a beer..

built masses

The area around Florenc metro somehow lacks some clear layout to be really "understood". It's probably on its way, and started with the reconstruction of Florenc bus station, which is in progress.

old metro

It's pretty rare to see these old metro trains running now that they've all been replaced by newer ones. It was a pleasure to ride this one again yesterday... i'm probably too nostalgic.

closed

Some of the vietnamese stalls in Prague market, closed for the night

that is Karlin - 2

Facing the park, Invalidovna, 18th century building quite in a bad condition these days

Karlin mini serie, photo 1

private exhibition

Honza discovered this "garden" two months ago... And I walked through it by chance last week, when I went to have a closer look at the boats.

frozen

The river's dead arm at Liben has been frozen for weeks now, keeping the boats prisonners for winter. This morning it even got covered with a thin layer of snow...

still standing

Sunny day yesterday!! Fantastic! These old industrial halls look so good under the sun... This one is still standing in Karlin, but nothing much is planned for it. It sometimes hosts contemporary art exhibitions, fairs, or theatre plays...

where did it all go

Poor thing, the only survivor of what must have been a whole area... Now being prepared for another life. I think I remember that the plan is to make a new "city mall" there, with some offices and housing being built on the other side of the road.

snow day

It snowed the whole day today!! I took this one this morning, and the snow was already sticking to the ground...
Feature : a not-renovated-yet-but-nice-as-it-is brick building in Karlin

waiting

View from the windows of Tesco department store... until something big is built there, which is expected, given that it's quite a big empty and misused space right in the center of the city.

fix and clean

Night view of the main train station, under reconstruction

Old stadium and aeration tower for the top of the Strahov hill, right in the center of Prague...