Yea for roommates! We were walking through the square and this flower guy let Krystle hold his flowers for the picture. We also were in time to hear the trumpet player that plays on top of the clock. The Prague Astronomical Clock is one of the oldest European clocks of its kind (the first ever originated in Padua in 1344 and a second in Strassburg in 1354) and continues to hold its exceptional position. It is unique in being the oldest of those where the original clockwork has been in operation from the beginning to the present time for six centuries, and even the astronomical dial shaped like an astrolabe survives in the original form. The Astronomical Clock tells the: Bohemian Time, European Central Time, Declination of the Sun, Sunrise and Sunset, Babylonian Time, The Signs of the Zodiac, The Position of the Moon, The Phases of the Moon, The Equinoxes and Solstices, and Sidereal Time.
Who's the hottie on the left??
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