A few days ago, I went with a local professor on a tour of Prague Castle, in the Hradčany district. It was beautiful. I'd never been inside of a castle before (and technically, we still didn't go inside the actual castle). There was an amazing complex, with all sorts of huge, elaborate, old buildings, courtyards, a very large, impressive cathedral, and one of the prettiest vistas I have ever seen. 

The St. Vitus Cathedral, however, is in front of this sort of arched hallway, and so it's not possible to get far back enough to get a picture of the entire thing.

Although that looks pretty close, doesn't it? I'm so awesome.

Here's a brief history lesson for you, too. During the 15th and then again in the 17th century, it became fashionable to, when people pissed you off, throw them out the window (especially politicians). This is called defenestration. The defenestration of two Catholic officials was actually the inciting incident of the Thirteen Years' War. Defenestration was a punishment, not necessarily a death sentence. As often as not, the defenestratee survived. Here are some of the windows commonly used to throw people out of.

I took so many pictures at prague castle, my batteries actually died before the tour was over. I plan on going back again at least once, at which point I'll take more pictures and post again.