the city and art of prague

we spent most of our time walking around in the 30 degrees heat jumping from one shadded side of the street to the other to avoid the sun eventhough we were prepared with hats, sunglasses and sunscreen.
the city looks more attractive from the view from the castle; looking down on the orange coloured roofs, very similar to paris from montmarte.

we visited the house of the black madonna (famous cubist building) and went inside to see the very small cubism gallery and eat in the cubism cafe. to my disapointment the food wasn't in the cubist form.
i didn't realise that 'mucha' (art nouveau artist) was a czech artist, i thought he was french but after discovering that he had spent much of his professional life in france it is easy to see why paris has such a love for his work, we went to the mucha gallery which i can't believe was only founded in 2000. his work is truly beautiful.
so our 3 day holiday was fun, hot, interesting, hot, educational and hot and a great trip away from london. i just feel sorry for the locals who seem to be bombarded with england fans watching the world cup ..... and it is being held in germany??!!!! go figure?