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Prague
Czech it out
Talk about culture shock. I head
from 700-year old hieroglyphics in Egypt, to post-Communist Prague, in the
newly opened Czech Republic (that's the Czech part of the old
Czechoslovakia). My roommate from college, Fred and his wife Ann, now
live in Prague, and have always invited me to visit, so I Czech it out.
Prague is an amazing, beautiful city which is
great for tourists: a ton of churches, towers and concert halls around
open town squares with great European architecture, and everything's in walking
distance. And I arrive on Easter weekend, lucking out with great clear,
warm weather. Oh, and a ton of other tourists enjoying the weather to add
to the fun.
Prague Castle
Located up the hill overlooking town, Prague Castle is impressive with its huge
vaulted arched ceilings and stained glass windows.
Old Town Square
The center of town features the old town hall Clock Tower, which is
animated with these 12 apostle figures every hour. There's also a pretty
impressive church. The most fun thing though, is that there's an Easter
concert stage set up in the middle of the open square, and I catch a Czech band
singing a bunch of American songs, including some bluegrass, country (popular
here, I guess) and even that Aerosmith song from Armageddon.
Charles Bridge
This historical bridge is packed with religious statues, and tourists looking
at the religious statues, and caricaturists trying to draw photos of the
tourists...well you get the idea.
There are like 20 other museums and hundreds of
other churches, concert halls, statues and other significant things scattered
thruout the city, but these are the main ones.
Next stop: Munich, Germany
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Prague Castle
Loreta Church houses a replica of the house in Loreta, Italy, where
Gabriel told Mary about baby Jesus. The angels transported the
house from the Holy Land to Loreta, Italy for protection.
Prague Castle's stained glass windows with religious scenes.
Prague girls perform outside the castle.
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