Prague Daily Photo

Prague public transport series

2009-07-06T06:44:45-07:00

Rajska zahrada metro station. It was the first one that was designed to be pretty and not boring.

Those who have been to Prague most likely passed this church (walking or in a tram) near Malostranske square. The church itself isn't that much interesting.

And when you happen to forget your ticket, you pay fine. As is the blond girl in this case.

PS: To make this at least a little informative... here's a very helpful website of Prague Public Transport Company.

Underpass

2009-07-04T13:13:47-07:00

One beer to go, please

2009-07-02T14:42:44-07:00

You could have "beer to go" here and at thousand different places for ages. But this is the first time I saw "Beer to go" on display. Great idea!

Very close to Charles Bridge. 27 CZK = roughly 1 EUR. Isn't life beautiful? :)

24 frames from nightlife (mostly)

2009-07-01T15:08:36-07:00

No photos in last days = a lot of photos today. Hope you don't mind :)
After celebrating friend's birthday we ended in Ocko club at Pankrac. I liked the drawings.

Dancing girls were likable, too. Much better in person.
(Sorry for the bad bad scans.)

And they swung.
(It really was dark in there. I have a few 4 seconds shots on 50 iso film... steady hand it was not, and not worth sharing.)

KFC at I.P. Pavlova. The "window" is open nonstop.

Getting home (sweet home) at sunrise.

Then we were at finale of Bravo Girl model search competition. Bravo Girl and Bravo are like the most known teenage magazines in Czech republic. I bet 99% of teenagers get their sexual education from these. At least we did.

This was a wonderful evening. People from those magazines are so nice.

Oh, and it was in Jet Set bar at Andel.

Moving to Dynamo bar near Narodni trida (and our office).

There were Misa and Tereza at the opposite table. I had to state their names under the photo... well, I didn't tell them I was trying to get a picture of the dog (very poorly). It's a very dog friendly bar.

Another very nice people are from Stratosfera (publishing house which publishes magazines such as Cosmopolitan). Here catching tram after Spy and Top Gear party in Solidni nejistota.

Finlandia Midnight Sun at Branicka louka. The location is fantastic. But when it rains it gets a lot less charming. At this time Apocalyptica started playing.

On Friday we got these tickets to Hedkandi at SaSaZu - the new club at Holesovicka trznice.

It was quite spectacular. With flying bowl with DJs in it.

It was the day after Michael Jackson died. They put his photo on the screen and when DJ played parts of Thriller it was full of emotions. He was the best.

DJs' "bowl". They are in the air now. Luckily for them, they were down most of the time.

Did I mention it is not a cheap club?

Chilling outside.

And back inside. It was like 2 or 3 am. At 5 am people went dancing on the stage.
At 7 am I had to meet a friend and had a walk under Prague castle.
At 8 am I met some drunken guys at Charles Bridge who wanted to have their picture taken and demand posting it on facebook. Due to good manners I won't do that. Last time I met two British girls there. It was incomparably more pleasant experience. And once before that I met a girl who looked just like younger Denise Richards there. But that is entirely different...

Thanks for your attention. We'll see each other soon :)

Enlightened Buddha

2009-06-28T05:56:10-07:00

Just hanging

2009-06-27T05:03:59-07:00

Shaggy Beetle

2009-06-25T14:00:27-07:00

Must be fun driving this car :)

Oh, Teddy Bear, what did they do to you?

2009-06-24T16:31:48-07:00

Waiting to be taken:
a) home
b) to another home
... there can't be any other option. Otherwise it would be very sad.

Hannah Montana... and why I have the best of both worlds

2009-06-23T14:46:41-07:00

Ok, this would be a weird post. I warn you ahead. Because it is weird when you are, well, old enough and still a fan of Miley Cyrus :) We have this Hannah Montana movie in Czech Republic right know and it's better than you would have thought. I don't have to tell you I was the oldest one in the audience. But(!), it was also advantage watching the film because when you know what the kids know and also what the kids cannot know (at least in my mind kids don't follow insides of this industry)... the experience is even better. I had a chance to talk with editor from popular Czech teenage magazine yesterday who was at Miley Cyrus' press event and we came to conclusion that she really is really good. So here you have it (I warned you). Hopefully you'll come back and not abandon this blog :)

PS: I have a picture of a sweet teddy bear as a treat for you for tomorrow :)

OBI, vegetables and school food

2009-06-21T03:20:08-07:00

On weekends you have all the time for all the DIY projects. Visiting store such as OBI is the first step. Here is my favorite in Modrany.

This is fruits and vegetables market in Horni Pocernice on Saturday morning. The idea is great but I don't think local farmers can make profit here (month ago there were three stands, now it's just one). At least until they focus on marketing... there are so many options to increase their sales. Well, we'll see.

We had EU elections few weeks back. As usual we voted in our old elementary school. Each classroom is prepared for voters from different part of our district. Mine was the last one on left (as has been for ages).

And while in old school I sneaked in the old dinning-room for which I have so many fond memories. BTW, the typical school food we all hated is the best choice if you go to a Czech restaurant. Somehow all the stewed vegetables, spinach and so turn out to be a delightful experience when done right :) (I have a theory that there is similar effect on literature. You also find so many years later that books our teacher wanted us to read in school are, in fact, worth reading.)

And that's all. Enjoy the rest of Sunday.

Friday

2009-06-19T12:11:39-07:00

Mustek and Florenc metro stations

2009-06-18T15:08:25-07:00

After Jessica's metro shot at Rome Photo Blog... why not show some pictures from Prague. And I didn't know it's not allowed to take pictures in Rome metro. We have it much easier here.

McDonald's story

2009-06-17T14:53:21-07:00

This is how it all begins. Job interview.

Some people are extremely camera-shy.

And some are not.

Working on home works.

Working on real work!

Just chatting.

Working. Again.

Smiling. (Just to end this post with a positive picture.)

PS: Don't forget to see Monochrome maniacs for this week.

Sunday's over

2009-06-14T14:19:30-07:00

This is the best time in Prague. Sunday night. Summer in the air. Empty streets. The time when you don't want to go home.

I can't resist when there's a mirror on the street :)

Moving

2009-06-12T14:31:14-07:00

Midnight football

2009-06-11T14:20:15-07:00

Wednesday Doorway - Garages

2009-06-10T13:53:00-07:00

Corinthia Towers

2009-06-09T13:49:30-07:00

Under Nuselsky bridge...

2009-06-08T13:32:53-07:00

... there is this almost ruined house. Well, there are more in Prague. I read an article about abandoned-looking houses in Prague about a month ago. Stories behind some of them were quite interesting. But the point was that sometime it's a better investment to just let the house (ruin) on its own as it will pay off in the long term. Hope this will be true fot this one, too.

More b&w at Monochrome maniacs.

Sunday

2009-06-07T14:36:32-07:00

Going from underground at Wenceslas square. You can see Wenceslas on the horse who is kind of a symbol of the whole square. Long before mobile phones existed when people wanted to meet each other they usually said "meet me under the horse at 8".

Saw this few hours ago and as the photo isn't so obvious I'll tell you about it. There are two homeless men sitting downstairs while those other two nicely dressed play tennis on the terrace. They lost their ball at the moment. That's why the red-sweatered one is looking down. Looked funny while I was passing by. (Must have been much more interesting few minutes before when a bunch of men dressed like sperm, who I met two blocks earlier, walked around. Yep, you heard it right, like a sperm. I know it's weird.)

Thought I'd share with you my into art-artifact turned nikes. The kiss is from the authentic Hollywood burlesque star. Promised to never wash it off.

My lazy ill week is over so expect more regularity in the next one. Being sick really sucks.

Finding Nemo?

2009-06-04T02:28:35-07:00

Shopping window of a secondhand store in Zitna street. The fish is not for sale.

More photos from that and other nights :)

Smoking with style

2009-06-02T12:58:13-07:00

As much as smoking really isn't my thing... man, don't they look cool!
From Fringe festival final evening in Rubin near Malostranske square and from Solidni nejistota in Pstrossova street.

More B&Ws at Monochrome Weekly.

Clouds and rains in Prague

2009-05-29T12:05:24-07:00

It's pretty cloudy and raining all the time in Prague now. And there is no good forecast for the next week neither.

I also posted the second pic of my "study material" for Geography test. Believe me that I think of a lot of you while going through all the European countries :) And you know what, post a comment with a number under which Czech Republic is located on my map and if you're the first one with the right number I'll send you a print of any photo you like on this site. (You should click on the map to see it bigger.)

Have a great weekend

Opening

2009-05-27T13:32:00-07:00

Not so much rain

2009-05-26T13:27:09-07:00

We expected storms and never ending rain after almost tropical day in Prague. But just a few raindrops and that's it? I'm a bit disappointed.