Three Ostriches Hotel, SW corner.

July 9, 2004

Gable detail, 3 Ostriches hotel, Mala Strana, Prague.
Yes, it <i>is</i> leaning backward.
The near spires are of St. Thomas church, the far spires of St. VItus cathedral.

July 9, 2004

From the Charles bridge (Karluv Most). Left center, the bridge towers and the archway onto Mostecka street; right center, the 3 Ostriches hotel; right; one of the many statues the line the Charles Bridge. All the statues, incidentally, are copies; the originals are safe from tourists and the weather in a warehouse.

July 9, 2004, 8:40 am (no tourists or vendors).

South facade, Hotel of Three Ostriches, from the Charles bridge.
We inhabited the room under the top right gable.

July 9, 2004 8:40 am

West (front) facade, Three Ostriches Hotel. You see the 3 ostriches painted at top center. It's one thing to hire some minimally-skilled guy to paint your stucco; it's another thing to have him touch up the ancient artwork, never mind the hue and cry from preservationists if the colors were brightened up with fresh pigment by the hand of a modern artist.

Mala Strana Prague, July 9, 2004; 7:45 am