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Krems, Melk, and getting to Prague
Hello faithful readers, we are using the desk computer at our hotel, and it is late, so this will be on the short side. Yesterday we took the trams to get out of town to Melk. It was tricky to figure out the routes, and we spent some time making connections only to ride past our apartment an hour after we left! It was quite funny. At any rate, the …
I'm walking in Prague
... To my surprise the ghetto was established long before the Nazi’s, which was very sad as it seems they have been discriminated against throughout the ages. The only reason the ghetto was on the land near the river was because it was the area most prone to flooding so no one wanted to live there anyway. Back in the day the only green grass they had in the ghetto was in the cemetery, so this became their park where people would take their kids to play. The Jewish synagogue ...
I chickened out on the bike ride
... sprinkling when I got to Karlstejn, so I felt good about my decision not to ride. I caught a glimpse of the castle, which is hidden in a sort of valley from the rail line. Even though I'd seen plenty of pictures of it and read some about it, to see it in person is something completely different. Now, I can say I've seen my fair share of castles, 20-30 in Ireland, a few even in Hungary, Austria and the Czech Republic, even Versailles counts, I guess, ...
Pork Knee's and Beer Cheese... We Love Praha!
... the end of communism, The Frans Kafta statue depicting the main character from one of his best known surreal novels, the Jewish Quarter and the Old New Synagogue which allegedly contains a Golem and a young SS officer in the loft (???), the Jewish Cemetery which over the centuries has risen from the earlier levels when the quarter was basically a swamp next to the river. The people were prevented from using any more land and burials took place over existing ...
Prague in the (almost) Springtime
... we still had a few hours to kill before we checked in so we wandered towards the Jewish quarter and had some coffee. It was bizarre handing over a hundred crown note and getting a few coins back for a cappuccino. It honestly felt like playing monopoly, but by the end of our eastern European foray we were getting used to the ridiculous conversion rates.
We arrived at our apartment and were confronted with one of the nicest surprise of the trip so far - ...