Prague

Trip Start Nov 21, 2007
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Trip End Oct 01, 2008


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Thursday, September 4, 2008

We were fortunate enough to again stay at a Hilton on Layton's accumulated points...it was in a great location too. We were able to walk just about anywhere we wanted to visit.

We took Huff's advice and did a bike tour of the town. We had our own personal tour because no one else signed up for the afternoon tour. The tour was great because we got to hit all the top spots of the city without walking our legs off. One interesting thing about Prague...Hitler wanted to protect this beautiful city, even the Jewish Quarter. So, he did not bomb it and protected the city as a jewel. He wanted a nice place for the Germans to visit. It is pretty incredible how much of the city is in its original state versus the other cities we have visited which were anywhere from 50 to 80% destroyed by bombs! So crazy.

We went to Letenske Beer Garden on the recommendation of Paul and Kelly (our new friends we met in Chesky Krumlov). We had to climb up to the park area but it was great to be up higher for a wonderful view of the city. This is what Dallas needs more of. Great scenery with cheap beer on a nice day!

Our last day in Prague we spent walking over the Charles bridge and hoofing it up to the Prague Castle. Both are impressive and very iconic of the city. Then, we were on a bus to Berlin!

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what is everyone looking at? what is everyone looking at? ohhh the world most over rated clock ohhh the world most over rated clock it was cool it was cool but not THAT cool but not THAT cool
municipal house in prague municipal house in prague powder gate powder gate cool fountain from 12th century cool fountain from 12th century view of the vltava and castle view of the vltava and castle
great setting in the city great setting in the city L & J on the bike tour L & J on the bike tour monument of soviet occupation monument of soviet occupation jana and one of the half guys jana and one of the half guys
L & J at monument L & J at monument random dog exhibit at modern art random dog exhibit at modern art weird, eh? weird, eh? Charles bridge Charles bridge
another view of bridge another view of bridge john lennon wall at malta embassy john lennon wall at malta embassy came about when he passed away came about when he passed away weird stuff everywhere weird stuff everywhere
hey, someone from texas hey, someone from texas cool smiley face cool smiley face i love u i love u ok we are going to write something too ok we are going to write something too
the shaffnigals were here 2008 the shaffnigals were here 2008 RANDOM peeing art by Prague artist RANDOM peeing art by Prague artist yep, they r peeing yep, they r peeing really weird really weird
looking back at the charles bridge looking back at the charles bridge clocks in jewish quarter clocks in jewish quarter synagogue in jewish quarter synagogue in jewish quarter huge cathedral in prague old town square huge cathedral in prague old town square
interesting characters on churches interesting characters on churches want to keep evil spirits away want to keep evil spirits away view of prague from letna park view of prague from letna park heres to u prague heres to u prague
L chillin at letna park beer garden L chillin at letna park beer garden random pinnocio at puppet shop random pinnocio at puppet shop gate to prague at charles bridge gate to prague at charles bridge view of castle from bridge view of castle from bridge
one of the statues on the bridge one of the statues on the bridge another statue another statue do not get beat by a club at the castle do not get beat by a club at the castle cathedral at castle cathedral at castle
cool detail above cathedral entrance cool detail above cathedral entrance weird creatures keeping evil away weird creatures keeping evil away they were on each column they were on each column spires shooting high in the sky spires shooting high in the sky
pretty impressive cathedral pretty impressive cathedral view from cathedral down to prague view from cathedral down to prague cool view of city bridges cool view of city bridges view of old town and tv tower view of old town and tv tower
sign we saw passing by sign we saw passing by random balloon above city random balloon above city vool view across the river of castle and cath vool view across the river of castle and cath
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