Museum of Communism Prague

Prague was a nice, relaxing, fun stop.   i tried to actuallz take it somewhat easz and catch up with some sleep and not staz out too late in prague.   The first daz i arrived, i was the onlz one in mz 6 bed hostle room so i took the opportunitz to catch up on some lost sleep from berlin.  boz did i need it.  i slept like 13 …

My expectations of the Czech Republic and the Eastern Bloc have been shaped fro a lifetime of computer games and Tom Clancy novels - Desperate, desolate and miserable but a great place to buy some discount price nuclear warheads.

How wrong was I.

Prague is not only one of the most beautiful cities I have ever seen but it has a …

... galleries to check out.  We decided to head to one that was a little more unique.  We managed to find the Museum of Communism ironically behind a McDonalds and next to a seedy casino... fitting.  It was actually quite amazing.  It has an incredibly ...

... and architecture, and in so doing, got a better feel for the true Czech way of life. We also popped into the Museum of Communism, which is very well presented and (mildly) educational - communism is still a resent reality and long not forgotten.   ...

... boot out the Russians when the Berlin wall fell in the so called velvet revolution. We went to the museum of communism which is nicely sandwiched between a casino and McDonald's. Charles bridge really was worth crossing particularly when ...

... crafts, crepes, fried cheese and muled wine, huge cinnamon donunts, a silver smith... On my last day, I took a trip to the Museum of Communism. SO interesting. Communism is the devil. It's (conservatively) estimated that Marx's ideas have claimed around ...

... of for standing up in the face of injustice.  We followed up yesterday's experience this morning with a visit to the Museum of Communism.  It was oddly located above McDonald's and next to a casino.  (Lenin must be turning over in his ...

... in the palace gardens on hte abttelments overlooking the city and river. Walked back down the hill and over bridge to the museum of communism, C found it very interesting, S fairly so and T powered through and sat at the end. Very well put together ...

... we went into town where we got a walking tour. We started at the Muztek metro stop, which is right near the museum of Communism. There is also Charles University near by which is pretty as well as King Wensles Square, where a massive revolution against ...

... the length of the bridge, then turned around and headed back towards the north-east end of the old town towards the Museum of Communism. We walked back through the main square again, and took a different exit this time around. It was at this time that ...

... the coinage down too.  Still, I am looking forward to some new sights.  Today we went to the museum of Communism which gave a good overview of the history of Czechoslovakia under the communist government.  It's a bit discomforting to ...

... , complete mystery why its there concerts pole vaulting contest (watched the kiwi not even pass the first height) museum of communism, cool art noveau architecture Jewish quarter-cemetary cool, didn't need to know that much about Jewish rituals ...