Prague - Part 3 (Visiting the Prague Branch and The Prague Castle)

We decided to visit the Prague Branch while we were here on Sunday, and it was awesome.  The Church building was on a prominent corner, between the Israeli and Indian embassies.  (The Israeli guard outside looked really cold).  The building serves as the mission office, the home of the mission president, and the meeting house.  We asked the missionaries which embassy did the building serve as before being bought by the Church, and learned that it was a famous bar before the Church bought it.  The ward has a whole bunch of American ex-pats, and we spent the majority of the time with a whole bunch of American kids in nursery with Liam.  Everett went to English-speaking primary, and later reported that it was his favorite part of our visit to Prague.

We also visited Prague castle, which is the largest castle in the world.  It was MASSIVE, and we only spent a couple of hours up there and didn't even get to see 1/10th of the place.  The cathedral dominates the scene up there, and it is totally Gothic.  This is where royalty, including Czech royalty and the Habsburgs spent their time.  It was spectacular!  The view of the city below is marvelous, but as the pictures show, there is certainly enough to see up on the top of this hill.  Pushing the double-stroller up the long cobblestone road was well worth it.

These pictures below do not capture how flippin' cold it was on this day!

Delaine and the boys in front of the LDS meetinghouse

Liam and the Everett squaring off in front of a random old door we found.

Liam loves rice... he ate almost this whole plate, while Mommy and Daddy ate local fare... Everett ate french fries.

Liam and Daddy in front of the city of 100 spires

Mommy and Prague (can you see the Czech blood coursing through her veins?  She really does have a lot of family connections to CZ)

Liam and Mommy tried to make this guy laugh to no avail

One of the Gothic statues overhanging the cathedral on the castle grounds

Liam walked around this circle several times before moving on to the next thing.

There is not a set of stairs in this world that Liam will not attempt to climb

Another angle on this gorgeous city!