Prague Day 4

On Day 4 it was raining again. And we saw the baby Jesus! In Prague there is a little baby Jesus wax statue who is the best dressed baby Jesus in the world. He resides in Our Lady of Victory church which is in the lesser town of Prague (on the side of the river with the castle). The infant Jesus is thought to bless all who visit him and many people visit the church just to sit and pray to him. Women from South America sit and sew new outfits for the infant Jesus and every ten years or so they make a pilgrimage to Prague to present the statue with the new outfits. He has hundreds of outfits.

Okay wait first we have to back up a bit. Breakfast! We found this bakery that had lots of awesome croissants - chocolate, ham and cheese, bacon, even apple-stuffed croissants. And they made you hot breakfast too with eggs if you wanted it. I liked the Prague croissants ... definitely better than German croissants.



Okay now we can move on to the infant Jesus. Unfortunately the altar behind him was blocked by scaffolding. It looks nice. For some reason I couldn't get an in-focus picture of the statue. It was also hard to get a picture of him when somebody wasn't standing in front of him praying.



There's a museum with a lot of his little outfits in it. Here are some pictures of his other outfits.



After meeting baby Jesus we wandered around Mala Strana, which is the name for the lesser town of Prague. We actually wandered up the big grassy hill there which was absolutely gorgeous with all the trees in bloom. It's steep but worth the hike because you get a great view even before you reach the top.



Taking a break from walking uphill. He was angry because he had to carry his coat.



Some views of Prague and the castle from the hill.



There was a monastery near the top of the hill - the sun finally started to come out here!



This is Martin looking at the monastery:





This was our last evening in Prague so we sat in the Old Town Square and had a beer (Pilsner Urquell of course!) before heading to dinner.



We got to dinner right before the thunderstorm hit. Had an excellent dinner at a restaurant called La Veranda (sorry no pictures of it but the food was excellent). I take pictures of clouds and storms, not restaurants.