On our recent visit to Prague, we spent the first day exploring the city and to our surprise when wandering down a side street we spotted a sculpture, and decided to investigate.
It turned out to be in the grounds of this convent and as we explored we found several more by the artists listed. This find was completely unexpected as we were using this day to find all the recommended sites and just acclimatize to the town.

There were benches, chairs and even sun loungers scattered around for visitors to sit on and enjoy the gardens.
We also spotted a unique play house for children. 
​ We finished our visit at the cafe for a drink and everyone's holiday favourite, an ice cream!

We did find many of the must see buildings as well though. All very impressive, although, we had seen more interesting moving clocks in other towns on our journeys.

It was a shame that Wenceslas Square, the main square in the New Town, had construction going on and it seemed  like we were  walking through  building site!
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​A tiring day but full of surprises and even a dumpling meal in the evening!

We always enjoy a chance to explore an area with a themed walk. In this case it was music themed with 88 guitars and installations around Manchester city centre.  These had been donated by well-known artists including Oasis, Elbow, Doves and many more.
Starting off from Deansgate train station, we proceeded down Deansgate, using an app our daughter had downloaded where we found our first guitar. Here we also picked up a leaflet with a map to help us if needed. Our daughter was the navigator as we followed her down the side streets to King street, where there were several decorated guitars in shop windows as well as two sets strung up across the street. 
After lunch, we continued on to Piccadilly Gardens and then past Affleck's Palace towards the Craft and Design centre, where we stopped for a drink. Starting back towards Piccadilly we stopped at Fred Aldous where we collected our final sighting before deciding to have a meal and return home.

An interesting afternoon on a busy Saturday, we managed to collect several from the list in this four hour walk around the area. 
From the 5-7th September they will all be on show at The Peoples' Museum and after that they will be auctioned off on the 12th September for the charity Forever Manchester that supports community activities around Greater Manchester.