Ariella

My headache was so sore that I could not think of a travel plan. Since Morag told me about a nice walk towards the river, I started from náměstí Miru. As I walked past a junction, I was distracted by a magnificent building at a distance. I decided not to use the map. I used my instint instead. Eventually, I ended up at the National Museum. At first I thought most travel books did not have good photos of Prague. When I arrived at this building, I realised the difficulty - It is too huge to be photographed! It was still under renovation and you can see machine gun damages on the pillars.

我的頭痛一直沒有好，讓我無法想出ㄧ個旅遊計畫。Morag有教我一條前往河岸的路，我走到十字路口，就被不遠處的宏偉建築吸引住了。我決定不用地圖，只憑直覺，原來走到了國家博物館。以前以為旅遊書籍裡都沒有布拉格的好照片，現在我終於知道難題了。建築物太大了，好難拍照！它也正在修復中，仔細看，柱子上還有機關槍留下的痕跡。


I did not go into the museum which was famous for it interior design.
我沒有進入博物館，據說內部設計十分精美。
In front of the museum was the famous Václavské náměstí/Wenceslas Square. It was previously known as the House market. This was where the Velvet Revolution overthrew communism. I always remember the newspaper headline with this picture (I took the similar view) 
博物館前就是著名的瓦次拉夫廣場，推翻共產的天鵝絨革命就是在此起義，以前曾是馬市集呢。我一直記得新聞頭條的照片，就和我拍的角度一樣！

Looking at Vaclavske namesti from the museum. 從博物館看瓦次拉夫廣場
 

The Monument of the Victims of Communism. 共產主義受難者紀念碑。

State Opera House 歌劇院

This is a famous designer hotel which appeared in "Mission Impossible".
這有名的飯店，曾當過『不可能的任務』的場景。 
Have a closer look of its art noveau style. 仔細看他的art noveau風格

Second difficulty to take photo in Prague was construction work everywhere! This beautiful neobaroque building was also under renovation so I could only snap from an angle. 
在布拉格拍照的第二的難題是到處都在建設中！我只能從一角落拍照，這是Wiehl的新巴洛克式建築。

Other difficulties to take pictures were tram cables and avoiding strange people staring at your camera! 
其它拍照的難題是，到處都是街車的電纜和如何避免瞪著你相機的人潮。
Then the map pointed to a wrong direction and I was lost! My headache deteriorated....
後來我就因為地圖畫錯迷路了，我的頭越來越痛......


I saw a young woman wearing nearly nothing below her coat. She must be wearing a mini-skirt underneath but I wondered what she worked as. My headache was driving me nuts. Then I saw this well-dressed lady walking into a little passage leading to some benches. I followed her and wondered if I could walk into the courtyard. Fallen maple leaves and a picture of Chris and the Mother seem so peaceful. I quietly walked into this place that I suspected to be a church.
我看到一位年輕女性外套下看不到衣物，她大概是穿迷你裙吧，但是她是從事什麼行業呢？我的頭痛到讓我受不了，突然間我看到一位穿著隆重的婆婆走進一個小道，小道裡有椅子呢！我也想偷偷進去坐。凋零的楓葉和莊嚴的耶穌與聖母像令人覺得好平靜喔！我偷偷地走進來這個應該是教堂的地方。

Out of my surprise, this little church was full of people praying. The Gothic interior was so delicate and soothing. I prayed to God for a peaceful mind and relief of headache. I was so touched that these Czech people were still in touch of their religion despite opposition by communism. As I talked out of the chapel, I thought my headache was better. Can you see the little magic door through which I walked into this undisturbed world?
出乎意料之外，這個小教堂可是座無虛席，好多人在禱告，它的內部哥德式裝飾也有令人抒解的魔力，我也悄悄祈禱頭痛消失頭腦平靜。我好感動，即使之前的共產主義反對宗教，沒想到還有這麼多捷克人對上帝還有信心。當我走出禮拜堂時，我的頭痛也好多了。你看到我剛剛走進來的那一到小門嗎？

This was the nice roof top outside the church. It contains Josef Jungmann, a scholar of language and lexicographer. Anyway this square was full of shopping malls and hotels, the range of standard of buildings varied so much. Well, I decided to take some fast food sausage on the street. The pigeons were fighting for leftover food and hit my poor leg!
這是教堂外面的建築物，附有Josef Jungmann的雕像。總之這個廣場都是百貨公司或是飯店，建築風格不是極好就是極差。我決定和當地人ㄧ起吃路邊香腸，結果鴿子們爭著剩飯還打到了我的腿！

PS: The mystery church is 小教堂是 the Church of Our Lady of the Snows.