Tančicí Dům

July 27, 2009, 4:59 pm
Filed under: Le voyage | Tags: bollocks, dancing, days, dog, Dům, house, last, Prague, seeing, sight, Tančicí, trip

In an attempt to see as many Czech monuments as possible before we leave, Grandpa has been taking us to Prague almost everyday. Today he took us to see the Tančicí Dům, or the Dancing House. One of the newer monument found in Prague (by only 200 years or so) , the Dancing House is an architectural marvel. It’s namesake comes from the snazzy glass wall that slopes on the side of the building. Apparently in the right light the glass panels make it look like the house is dancing although I myself didn’t witness any. The house is a residential area so we weren’t allowed to go inside but a few pictures from afar were fine with me. My sister Andy joked that the designer probably had a couple of drinks in him when he was planning it. She told me that when the building was finished he looked at it for a while and said “Well it was straight when I drew it!”