2. 2011

Prague, Czech Republic, in October.

In October Jasmijn and I both managed to score speaking slots at the 2nd Annual European Conference for Critical Animal Studies in Prague, interested as we are in esoteric socio-philosophical theories about human-animal relations. In particular, I was deeply interested in the troubled relations between the citizens of medieval Prague and the fabled Golem, which unfortunately seemed to regularly end in disaster when the Golem ran amok. And so we prepared our powerpoint presentations, gathered our cryptozoological research tools, and boarded our fateful flight to one of Europe's most haunted cities...
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    At this sacred place lovers pray and lock padlocks engraved with their initials to a railing, before tossing their keys into the River Vlatva, so that the locks may never be undone. By binding iron to iron, they believe their love will be eternal. The custom has spread from a much larger railing near the Western Gate to this location and others across Europe.
    Charles Bridge love padlocks.
    Apparently the prayers are sometimes answered. This couple was posing for wedding photos on the bridge in the -3 C dawn light, the bare shoulders and arms proving that the fairer sex can also be the tougher sex.