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Published: April 20th 2005
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Vojan Park
This is the scene from the entrance gate. We got off the subway at the Malastranka station. Coming out of the station we decided to walk through an area we had not visited before. The street was lined with businesses and restaurants, but not many people many people were walking there. We came to a wall and walked along it. As we passed this open entrance in the wall much to our surprise we saw a beautiful park.
The park dates back to the 17th century. At that time it was the garden for the Convent of the Barefoot Carmelites. Carmelite nuns live a life of cloistered prayer.
Pink magnolias were in full bloom as were numerous other plants and trees. There are several walkways. We walked around and through the park, enjoying the plants, the blossoms, the Vojan Park
Looking left from the main entrance. sunshine and the warm temperature. We saw two peacocks, a male and a female. The male was in full regalia with three feet long tail feathers. He was sitting high on a trellis, but he didn’t strut his stuff, at least not while we were there.[Nancy-I think he was sitting up that high to get away from the pesty folks who are always chasing peacocks around to get them to open their lovely feathers and make a fan. He was a smart bird. She was also lovely but braver and was walking around on the ground very near his perch. We thought this was a former church area since it was surrounded by buildings with windows shaped like crosses and with a high wall. Also there were some nuns sitting with family groups walking. Today was the first day we have seen nuns in Prague. What a contrast with Krakow where the streets were full of nuns and priests. The two countries could not possibly be more religiously unalike. One very Catholic and observant the other said to be the most atheist country in the world. We had such a strong reaction of joy when we first gazed into the
Vojan Park
The top of the tower at the west end of the Charles Bridge is in the background. garden and saw its loveliness. It was fun to see other people start to walk past, glance in and make audible gasps of joy when they saw the magnolia tree. Such an oasis of beauty on what seemed to be an ordinary street. Our conclusion is that there are NO ordinary streets in Prague.P.S.-We stayed long enough that I decided I needed to check out the WC that had lead us into this lovely place. It was a very clean and modern facility as almost all Czech WC's are but it cost 7K which is almost double the norm. Nice find but a little steep.]
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