Day 2: Reflections from the Past, A Book Lovers Dream, Metamorphosis  

Inside Prague Castle awaits my favorite part of the trip. Stained glass. These pictures alone cannot capture how the light reflections and shines through the painted glass. The colors are vibrant. The artists capture the light so beautifully the reflections from the glass itself are art. It's is amazing to see art being preserved throughout the years, to know someone from hundreds of years ago is still here within the glass. 

Below is a carousel of some of the many stained glass found within the castle!

Within Prague Castle was many more beautiful relics, wooden statues, carvings and rooms. You cannot capture the feelings of being inside and seeing all these beautiful art forms being preserved for the rest of humanity to see. 

A Book Lovers Dream📚

Prague Castle's Library 📖

After our break, we dove right back into the castle and we were met with more incredible art and history. Many scholars had been within Prague's castle at one point and had kept records of things inside these books. You will have to find out for yourself what hidden treasures are within the books! 

Strahov Monastery 📘

After finishing our tour with Rick Steves, we were free for lunch, however, before going, Max and I made our own trip to the Strahov monastery. I had seen from many social media posts about this monastery and had to check it out for myself. I was immensely glad that I did. The two places we saw were the Theological Hall and the Philosophical Hall. The rooms reminded me of the Beast's library in Disney's Beauty and the Beast. The paintings, the books, and its collection consists of approximately 200,000 volume have been kept for the public to see. There are some days where guided tours aer avalible to go inside the hall, unfortunately they were all booked the day we went. I highly recommed researching side quests you want to do at least a month before the trip!

Below are some more finds the Monastery!

✴️ Book side quests well in advanced. Do lots of research to see how you can spend your free time!

✴️ Learn not just the language of the people but some of the culture such as: literature, art and history to really understand what it is like to stand in the same area!

Franz Kafka was a well renowned author, but I of course did not know the importance of his work as a 13 year old. It is crazy to think that I would be able to see where the authors lived. His house sits amongst many more important figures in the literature world in place called the Golden Lane. You can even go inside the houses to check them out! They are a little cramped and this place tends to be crowded so stick close together and enjoy stepping into another tid bit of history!