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Prague Trip (post 4 of 7): More Alchemy

…the Klementinum!

…only to discover the Klementinum Library that I reeeeeally want to see is up 172 stairs…  Some days I could do that, but not today.  Oh, well – yet another thing to look forward to on my next trip!

But wait…

…we were let in to see THIS!!!  It is magical!

Darth Vader statue?  Hmmmmm, and later you get to see R2D2!  (no, I’m not kidding…)

The old F100 Coca Cola truck was groovy…

…and to the Speculum Alchemiae…

The women framing this door are amazing!

Hmmmmm, me thinks the lion was not impressed by this fellow…

…and back up the hill to what turned out to be HEAVENLY!

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