Prague February 2008

Prague - Winter Break 2008

We are back on the road. We are in the midst of a weeklong Prague-Vienna trip. This post covers Prague. I'll follow up with Vienna later.

We liked Prague, although it wasn't the best place we've been to. There were a lot of nice historic sites to see and we had some great meals (Goulash, Beer, Sausages). In town we found too many and, I mean way too many, souvenir shops selling junk. The Old Town Square has hundreds of them....very few nice boutiques.....lots of junk. But that said we did like the city. Here are some of our photos.





We flew on Czecz Airlines to Prague. It was actually one of the smoothest trips we have had in years. On time, pleanty of room and nice people. The Meat Pies for breakfast did leave a little to be desired though.





The Powder Tower is the entrance to Old Town. It was a couple of hundred yards from our Hotel. We went under this old gun powder tower a hundred times.

The Old Church In Prague

This is the most dominating feature of the Prague skyline, particularly from Old Town.










This is Old Town Square



One of the 2 main churches in Old Town Square



The Old Town Square Facades and Restaurants



More Of The Facades in Old Town Square




A look from above, from the Clock Bell Tower




The Old Church at night from the Old Town Square.

Charles Bridge

The Charles Bridge links Old Town to Little Town across the Vltava river. The Prague Castle is on the other side of the river.

Joan, Chris and Andrew at the bridge. The Prague Castle is across the river in the background




















Looking back across the river at Old Town

One dominant feature of the Charles Bridge is a series of statues every 50 meters. Below are 3 of them.



























































U Pinkasu

U Pinkasu is one of the oldest and original bars in Prague. Joan heard about it on TV and we went on a quest to find it. We walked down Wenceslas Square looking for it and came up short. We asked for directions at a hotel and got a "finger point" up the square. We were off. We looked in and around back alley ways and finally found it.

The beer is crafted from an original recipe from the 1300's and it is poured as it was back then. Could we tell? No but it was cold and strong and we liked it.




Success, We found it!

Beer Drinking all around. (Andrew had Hot Chocolate!)

One Satisified Joan.....after her beers.



















Another Successful Trip!