When in Prague, you'll definitely be one of the many hanging out in front of the astronomical clock, Old Town Square, waiting for it to chime. The clock was built in 1410, and refined in 1490. No clock has ever been built that rivals this one.
Every hour, when the circles in the circles line up on the face of the clock, a little skeleton appears, ringing a bell, then a succession of apostles parade by a couple of little open windows. The skeleton keeps ringing his bell and you, among the people below take pictures while considering your mortality. Well, at least I thought I considered mine.
Upon considering your mortality, stop by the nearby 3-storey Sex Machines Museum, on Melantichova 18. Officially described as "an exposition of mechanical erotic appliances, the purpose of which is to bring pleasure and allow extraordinary and unusual positions during intercourse."
You'll wonder the practices of those who invented the objects on the top floor, which include whips and chains and masks and outfits that can get your skin crawling. There are all kinds of seriously perplexing stuffs. The furnitures are definitely incomprehensible. You'll certainly spend some time trying to figure out how they are supposed to be used.
When you've seen it all, you'll likely realize that the "pleasure" element is largely subservient to the "extraordinary and unusual" element and that it takes a lot of guts and reminders for some people to have sexual intercourse. Sex is apparently not a very pleasurable activity for some.
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