The Dancing House

Today, I went to see the dancing house! You may remember this from an orientation blog post, but we went on a boat cruise and saw this building on the shore line of the Vltava River. (Click here to see the blog post) I've been meaning to see the building in person, and I finally got a chance to.

First, I went to have a Mexican lunch with Valerie, Bonnie, and Brandy. We had heard of this place called Zlouta Pumpa, right around the corner, that has a daily 88 crown lunch special. Included is a big bowl of goulash soup, a plate of nachos with salsa, and an entree of a chicken burrito. That is one pretty good deal!

 Interior of Zlouta Pumpa

There is also a vineyard or park very close to where I live, and I've been meaning to go there for a while too. It's called Havlíčkovy Sad, and is Prague's second largest park. The weather was really nice out today, so I went there and took a walk around. At first the place is very wooded with a winding cement path, but then the path widens up and opens out into large fields. There is also a hill with a cafe with great views of the city skyline! This is definitely a great place to go and read a book or bring a picnic on a nice day.

 The vineyard

And, then it was finally time for the dancing house! The building was constructed between 1992-1996, and is a modern, glass building. The shape of the Dancing House led its architects, Vlado Milunc and American Frank O Gehry, to initially name it the "Astaire & Rogers Building", after the legendary dance duo.

The Dancing House