Chinese bride on Prague’s Charles Bridge in the morning

As I mentioned a while ago, I had a new plan for avoiding crowds in Prague on my second trip there. The plan was to get up early and visit the crowded areas before the crowds. So on my first morning in Prague I woke up before 6 and headed to Old Town Square and then the Charles Bridge.

Apparently there are very different crowds at this time of the morning. Basically, you will now find Chinese brides and Chinese couples in wedding attire getting their photos taken. I counted at least 10 such groups (maybe even 15) on this morning. They were only mildly annoying compared to the hundreds of selfie sticks you will find in the afternoons.

Posted on August 22nd, 2017 under Prague. Tags: Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D750, st vitus cathedral. Comments Off on Morning on the Charles Bridge

I made it to Kutna Hora, as featured in yesterday’s post, not because I researched it, looked it up in a guidebook, or saw it ranked as the best day trip from Prague on TripAdvisor or something. No, instead, I went because my barber in Prague told me I had to see The Bone Church. Touring the town of Kutna Hora was just an added bonus. The church was awesome.

Posted on August 21st, 2017 under Other. Tags: Kutná Hora, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D750. Comments Off on Sedlec Ossuary (AKA The Bone Church)

Palackého Square’s historic town center well in Kutna Hora (Czech Republic)

Kutná Hora is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This is a great day trip from Prague.

Posted on August 20th, 2017 under czech republic. Tags: buildings, Kutná Hora, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D750. Comments Off on Kutná Hora

After Niels Bohr won the Nobel Prize in 1922, the Carlsberg Brewery gave him a gift. The gift was a house located near the brewery with a direct pipeline to the brewery so that Bohr had free beer on tap whenever he wanted.

This house probably wasn’t Bohr’s house, but it is in that neighborhood. There are some amazing houses in this neighborhood (between the Carlsberg and Valby Stations on the north side of the tracks). I rode my bike through this neighborhood at least once a day this past summer as my apartment was next to this location.

Posted on August 19th, 2017 under Denmark. Tags: buildings, frederiksberg, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D750, valby. Comments Off on House in the Carlsberg Brewery neighborhood

As mentioned previously, the private tour of the campus of the University of Copenhagen was rather special.

The building pictured today was the home of the Zoological Museum from 1870 until 1967. Since then it has been an administration building for the university. If you look closely you can see some of the sculptures that have been part of the architecture for 150 years.

I’ll post more photos of this beautiful place (especially since the public is no longer allowed to enter) soon. Here is what it looked like in 1868 before opening.

Posted on August 18th, 2017 under Denmark. Tags: buildings, living in copenhagen, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 20mm f/1.8G ED Lens, Nikon D750, university of copenhagen. Comments Off on Administration building interior @ University of Copenhagen