Prague

Everyone we talked to before the trip told us how marvelous Prague would be and the tour director said it would be the "visual highlight" of the tour. We were afraid it wouldn't live up to the hype but needn't have worried; it is an amazing place.

The main sightseeing areas of Prague are separated by the Vltava River. On the left bank there is the Prague Castle area and the Lesser Town.

On the Charles Bridge with the Castle in the distance	Lesser Town and the Castle, Charles Bridge on the left

 The right bank is home to the Old Town (12th century), the Jewish Quarter, and the New Town (14th century).

Old Town Square	View from the 15th century clock tower. The tall building is Church of Our Lady Before Tyn, founded in 1385

Prague is a city for walking and we walked and walked and walked.  Here's a sample of what we saw

All the streets and sidewalks are cobblestone.	Charles Bridge Tower	Vltava River	Vltava River
Prague Castle with Vltava River in the foreground	Jewish cemetery - 100,000 bodies buried. Had to stop using it in 1758	View from the clock tower, Old Town Square	Rott Crystal store. Lots of Bohemian crystal.
One of the oldest synagouges in Prague	View from the clock tower, Old Town Square	One of the Castle courtyards	The Strahov Monastery, built in 1140, is best known for its magnificent library which contains a collection of over 200,000 books.
Every street is colorful	Castle courtyard, there are four of them	Formal entrance to the Castle, the largest in Europe	Castle guard
Perhaps the largest room in the Castle; they held jousting tournaments in here.

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