Prague; Friday, 26 July, 2013

I had a couple of hours to spare before my train to Brno, so I headed down into town and over to the Wallenstein Palace and gardens. The palace is today the home of the Czech senate, but the very pleasant gardens are open to the public to wander around.

The palace and gardens were built for Albrecht von Wallenstein who had a particular fascination with stalactites so one entire wall of the gardens is made up of fake stalactites.

After looking round the gardens there was just time to wander over to Wenceslas square and have a quick look round there before it was time to head back to the hotel, collect my belongings and head off to the station.

I got to the station with lots of time to spare, but because the train was starting in Prague it was already parked in the platform and ready to board, so rather than having to hang around on the platform I was able to sit in air-conditioned comfort for the 25 minutes or so before it departed for Brno.

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