Prague (2)

The photo says it all, so I'm going to quote from the brochure on what this interesting Museum is all about. 'It is an exposition of mechanical erotic appliances, the purpose of which is to bring pleasure & allow extraordinary & unusual positions during intercourse. On an area of 3 floors there are more than 200 objects & mechanical appliances on view, a gallery of art with erotic themes, a cinema with old erotic films, erotic clothing & many other things pertaining to human sexuality.'

Apart from this device, we saw hand operated vibrators from the turn of the century, an electric anti-masturbation machine (cruel), a voyeuristic chamber pot (weird) & a chastity belt from 1580 (glad I was born in the 1900's).

A very different kind of Throne.

There is a pedal on the floor for the users control...what more can I say?

This is Prague's beautiful famous clock situated on the wall of one of the Church towers.

Another view of the Clock Church in the Town Square.

 

There are a lot of tourists...the boys are working out which street we need to be on.

This Church is the entry way to a very sad part of the City's history. In only an area of 2 small blocks you can find 5 Church's, most Jewish. This was the area used as the containment Ghetto for the Jews during WWII. 

Another of the Jewish places of worship, very beautiful & tragic at the same time. We wanted to know more but could not find a tour in time.

 The crowded cemetery that surrounds the Church...it's very eerie & the streets are very quiet & sombre too.

  

They have hundreds of these beautiful copper & brass statues that have been affected by the elements  & have this oxidised weathering making the colours of every one of them totally individual.

This is the Entrance Tower to the people's bridge which only allows foot traffic to and from the Old City & the Castle City.

These buildings have been built over the river & due to the size of the river & with flooding in mind they have engineered it so that the water course flows under the buildings to add  flood protection & it might even be some form of hydro-electric set-up?

I was telling you about the strong current of the river...now you can see it.

This is my attempt of an arty photo looking from the People's Bridge across the river to the Castle City.

A yucky selfie.

Again, nothing is in English & we didn't find any tours (unless you were Asian?), but there must be some religious significance to a lot of the statues, because people kept rubbing certain spots on them (guess where?) & taking photo's of them doing it? The dog on the left side got patted dozens of times while I was waiting to get a photo.

This bridge is really well used by the people & on it you can have your portrait done by dozens of talented people, choose hand painted landscapes of Prague or photographs that put mine to shame or meander through heaps of interesting hand crafted items that made the walk across the river take over an hour.

The Palace City end of the bridge.

A close-up of one of the bridge statues, there's even carved people inside the jailed section.

The Palace City Tower leads to a maze of streets & back alleys that displayed & sold everything or anything that you could want & a lot more that you didn't & don't...know what I mean?

This interesting building was a mix of new & old.

I told you that you could have/buy anything. This young lady is having all the dead skin on her feet eaten off by all the little fish in the tank & then she's having a Thai foot massage.

We were recommended to try this restaurant...Nick had a pork knuckle, Andrew had 1/2 a duck & I had schnitzel. We shared deep fried Camembert for starters plus a bottle of bubbles & 4 large beers.

As you can see, the food was ok!

Total cost for this was 1,500 Korun, 60 Euro or $78 Aus & that includes 21% tax.

Heading back over the People's Bridge.

Just a pretty spot you could see from the bridge.

Just another view.

I love this bridge!

On the way back the bridge was filled with the most talented buskers...you just had to stop & watch or listen.

I bought a copy of this guys music...it was very haunting...in a peaceful sort of way?

This guy was just fun...hilarious. 

Wandering back to the Town Square & we stumbled on this incredible tie made entirely from Garnets.

Every little nook & cranny is filled with restaurants or markets.

Ok, so we were full from our dinner but we are only in Prague once & we just couldn't pass up on those cinnamon donut things. Sugar rush here we come! Unfortunately it started to rain after this & we decided to head home instead of having the rest of the night in the Town Square...a bit of a shame but walking while your wet & cold is not really on our list of must do's.