What a great last day! James and I just got home from the opera, which was soooo amazing on many levels. The building itself is beautiful, and once again I'm sure the photos won't do it justice. We had great box seats, for less than $45. I can't even imagine getting seats like that for that price in San Francisco...I've never sat in them before! And the production of Madame Butterfly was wonderful. The two main leads had phenomenal voices and I was really moved. I love the opera anyway, so I was glad that James wanted to go. It was a perfect end to our time in Prague.
The rest of the day we spent doing a "museum day". It was SERIOUSLY cold this morning and cloudy so I was pretty miserable outside. Thank goodness for hot cocoa and coffee. We went to the Mucha museum and the Kafka museum. I'm not that familiar with Kafka's works, but getting to see some of Mucha's works was a highlight. Oh, and we had a snack at caffe mastiste down near the Charles river, which apparently was once a mortuary. I didn't see any dead people but the apple strudel was delicious. We climbed the west tower of the Charles bridge and were rewarded with some of the most spectacular views of the city of the week. Totally worth it!
So although I'm excited to move on to Italy (and start in on the pasta and not deep fried everything...) I'm finding myself a bit sad to be leaving Prague. It really has been even better than I expected and I could have spent a month here just wandering around and getting to know the city and the culture. I've taken 12 rolls of b&w film just here, so I'm hoping I have some good shots to work on when I get back to reality!
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