Running in Prague

One of our favorite things to do in a new city is to explore by running off the "beaten path." While our run in Vienna was pretty cool (we took one of the photos of the Hundertwasser Haus on that run), the run in Prague was particularly amazing. We explored Mala Strana (a park which I think means, rather unjustly, "The Lesser Side") which only was a few blocks from our apartment. Entering the gates of the park, we immediately ascended - on a combination of stairs, switchbacks, and steep hills - up a couple of hundred feet where we then zig-zagged inside & outside of the various medieval castle walls that divide the park into sections. A few clearings in the forest here and there afforded some magnificent views of the city. Otherwise, while deeper in the trees, the fog and the almost eery silence and emptiness of the park made it possible to imagine that we were traveling through a medieval forest. Fortunately not, as our discovery running with bright jackets and rubber shoes would surely get us branded witches and burned at the stake....

Trails!

I took this picture over a 5 1/2 foot tall wall. Thus, Susan did not see these tombs until she saw this photo.