Here's Hoping...

Charles Bridge is lined on both sides with statues of important historical figures, but this one featuring St. John of Nepomuk is unique.
Here's the story: St. John was a priest under King Wenceslas IV (son of Charles IV) who received the confessions of the Queen. Unfortunately, the King was a very suspicious man, and when St. John wouldn't reveal the Queen's confessions, the King had him killed and thrown off the bridge into the Vltava River.
Now, all this bad luck for St. John is somehow supposed to be good luck for us - legend has it that if you rub the base of the statue, (some say it's supposed to be the image of the dog on the left, some say the image of the saint being dumped into the river on the right...I touched both just to be sure) it will bring you good luck and ensure that you one day return to Prague.
I figured it was worth a try - I'll keep you posted on how it goes!