15 August 2008

Tennis stadium on the Stvanice Island... this island is pretty big, and is basically a green park with old sports facilities. I heard there was even a swimming pool before the 2002 flood...it could be really nice with a little renovation and care! Nowadays it's pretty dead, except for the skate park and occasionnal festivals

14 August 2008

Compared to Grenoble, the city where I lived before, Prague is really blind-friendly. A lot of traffic lights beep differently for green and red pedestrian lights, there are different reliefs on the pavement to indicate where the crossings are, and the metro flooring also sports this feature. And some bus stations, like here, have some braille writing.
All of this isn't everywhere, but it's still something.

13 August 2008

A view from and of the Schwarzenberg Palace, a mid-16th century building built from the union of four noble houses, on the castle's square. Covered with renaissance sgraffito, it had housed along the centuries diverse functions and has been renovated several times.

12 August 2008

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

11 August 2008

gloomy bath

ok, that wasn't the best day to make you like my favorite swimming-pool through pictures... The outdoor pool is open and heated all-year-round, and it's so big that there's always enough space to swim, even on a sunny Sunday afternoon.

10 August 2008

a bit of grass

A new small public "garden" has risen in Prague 1 these days... they're putting the final touches to the shading structures, if you were wondering what these grey pilars are for.

09 August 2008

scenic espresso

This can be translated as "scenic espresso"... besides the funny term, it makes me think of all these "point of view" and labelled places where tourists are told to take a picture from to be assured to get the best image. If I want to bring the trademarked view home, I'd just buy a book or a postcard...