The National Technical Museum
In a city that’s over 1,000 years old there are a lot of choices about how to explore its culture. Today we chose to focus on just the last 100 years or so and headed up to the National Technical Museum. The museum is primarily about transportation, with a few smaller rooms exploring other areas like photography. I wasn’t aware of the Czech’s long history building motorcycles and began to notice Czech-made Škoda cars in the streets of Prague afterwards.
Interior of the National Technical Museum.
Awesome
We walked back through Prague’s largest park: Letenské sady. The small plaza in the middle of the park used to have a statue of Stalin in it – it has now become a skate park with the requisite graffiti. I was able to create an homage to the “Awesome” picture of Jason we took last year in Paris with this “Grrr” shot.
GRR! Graffiti on our walk back from the museum.
On our way to dinner that evening we went over to see the “Dancing House”, a building designed by Frank Gehry and Vlado Milunić. I’m always entertained by Gehry’s architecture, and this was another win.
The building affectionately known as “Dancing House.”
Jason made me do this, but now I’m pretty happy about it:
I think I nailed it.
Budvar?!? Jason had been preaching to me about how good Budweiser beer is. He meant, of course, the original Czech version of it not the stuff we make back home. Either he was right, or the Dancing House had distorted my brain (refer back to picture above). Full bodied and flavorful – who knew you could do that to a Bud?
Budvar! Authentic Czech Budweiser beer. It’s really good and tastes nothing like Bud back home.
Our final stop for the day was “Alcron,” one of only two Michelin star rated eateries in the Czech Republic. Alcron holds a number of surprises: it’s in the lobby of a Radisson Hotel; it has only seven tables; there are only four people working there; it’s affordable. Not surprising is the food and service are excellent. The menu is organized as a tasting menu with cold and hot selections and deserts and cheeses. You are encouraged to choose just a few dishes at a time and order more as you go; the final price simply is calculated by the number of courses you order. We did four courses plus dessert along with some very nice wines.
Painted dessert at Alcron. The chef prepares this on your table.
Tomorrow we head to Munich. Thanks Prague!
More pictures from the day:
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- The National Technical Museum
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- Interior of the National Technical Museum.
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- An old two rider bike. I’m tempted to build one of these – it looks fun.
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- The Czechs used to build a lot of great motorcycles, but this one was a bit off the mark.
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- Coal in a steam engine.
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- Posing as per the instructions, bottom right.
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- Posing as per the instructions, bottom right.
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- The Jawa 700. It almost looks like a die cast toy car.
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- GRR! Graffiti on our walk back from the museum.
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- This is a power line over a popular skateboarding area in the park.
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- A view of the river with three of the main bridges. And me.
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- The building affectionately known as “Dancing House.”
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- I think I nailed it.
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- Budvar! Authentic Czech Budweiser beer. It’s really good and tastes nothing like Bud back home.
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- Painted dessert at Alcron. The chef prepares this on your table.
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