Friday Pt. 1

This morning several (four) members of the chorale woke up at the crack of dawn to see the sun rise over the Charles Bridge. The wakeup call for the rest of the chorale was at 7:15AM, which was followed by breakfast in the hotel. At 9AM we left for our tour of the Prague Castle. The earliest buildings of the Prague Castle date back to the 900s AD, though it remains in use to this day. The castle contains the main offices of the Archbishop of Prague, and also has a large Gothic cathedral that contains the tomb of ‘King” Wenceslas and the crown jewels of King Charles. The cathedral also contains paintings about St. Charles, after whom the Charles Bridge is named. During the three-hour tour of the Prague Castle we had a chance to see the changing of the guard at the main building of the castle. One of the residents of the Castle residences was Kafka, who lived there for a few months until being diagnosed with TB. Our morning in the Prague Castle was followed by a short drive into the center of the city, following which we walked across one of the bridges to one of the central squares, and dropped our concert dress and bags off at the church, and then had 45 minutes for lunch.
- Chase Cohen