5/26 Sunday
We had hoped to have a day at the
zoo, but it turned out to be cold, grey and rainy. We walked through the city
with our umbrellas ad the rest of the dampened tourists. We found the Museum of
Communism, and interesting collection representing the aspirations of Karl Marx
and his followers, the awful reality of Stalin, and the rejection of the Velvet
Revolution: posters, propaganda, photographs and video told the story. Visitors walked silently, grimly through, the
only sounds were from the creaking floorboards as everyone shuffled slowly
through the rooms. This led us to visit Wenceslas Square, scene of the massive
public protests of the nineties. Then we headed back to the main square, where
we stopped at the Mucha Museum to see Ivan Lendl’s collection, much nicer and
more interesting than we expected. Mucha was a definitive designer in the Art
Nouveau movement, and created designs for posters, jewelry, postcards,
wallpaper and currency.
We have our
last Prague dinner at our favorite pub across the street from home, gnocchi and
some schnitzel.
2 Videos Included
May 26th, Prague, Museum of Communism
May 26th, Prague, Mucha Exibition
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