Prague

Hi Everyone,

Last week we went to Prague in the Czech Republic for 4 nights. We got a pretty cheap, mid-week winter deal and decided to do a trip in Europe before starting work. Luckily we had 3 lovely sunny days and it wasn't too cold so we had a great time.

We thought Prague was a really pretty city. It's quite a bright, beautiful place with it's pastel coloured buildings and renaissance type decorations.

We spent 2 and a half days wandering around the New Town (from 1300's!) and Old Town. The area around Charles Bridge is very popular and there are lots of shops and hidden restrants in the cobbled streets. The bridge is lined with statues and most of the photos below are taken from the Old Town Bridge Tower which gives a great view.

It was interesting mingling with the Czech people and getting around on trams. We didn't find the Czech's very friendly though (maybe cause we couldn't speak their language!?).

Below are a couple of pics taken in the Old Town Square which was a nice place to sit and have a drink! It's also the meeting place for a lot of city tours. We did 2 tours around the city. The first one was a walk around the Old Jewish Ghetto which was definately worth a look. We went into some synagogues and the cemetry where people had to be buried all on top of each other! It's interesting to hear what happened to the Jewish people.

We also did a tour of Prague Castle, the largest fortress in the world where we saw the changing of the guards.

Then we went on a boat ride which they call "little Venice" around Charles Bridge and into one of the canals. It was good to have another perspective on the city.


After we had looked around the city for couple of days we wanted to see a bit more of the Czech Republic so we did day trip out to 'Kutna Hora'. It's a town about 2hrs out of Prague so we got to see some of the Bohemian country-side as well. It was a good trip to the town that was famous for silver mining.

In one of the gothic churches there, an artist was commissioned to do a bizarre display using human bones excavated from the graveyard! check it out...

Bye for now guys xox