Experience...Part 3

Prague city was just brilliant – so many things are so cheap there, it was quite a surprise. The city itself is so easy to get around it’s a wonder anyone bothers with a car. There are really two parts the Old Town area and the New Town area and both held some excellent sights to see. We booked a day tour with a company that turned out we were the only ones who booked that particular tour that day so we had our personal guide to the Prague the old town which has just recent (2004) been declared World Heritage listed by UNESCO so that was great to hear that this part of Prague will remain as it is. We did a bit of a walking tour of some of the churches, visited the Jewish Quarter and then took a boat trip on the Vlatava river where our guide told us all about the Charles Bridge and the Lesser town on the other side. We then went up to Prague castle after a very Czech lunch of dumplings (pronounced knedyly) soup and a meat dish. We walked through the Botanical gardens and checked out where the changing of the guard takes place as well as taking a tour of the castle grounds. It was fantastic and well worth it. The next day we did a bit of shopping went back up to the castle again to witness the half hour changing of the guard at noon. That was pretty impressive and worth waiting for and Tim took some great city shots.

Prague - the New Square at night

Prague - the Old Square at day

The famous astrological clock - with it's decidedly
over rated chime display on the hour

Inside one of the many churches

The gate to Charles Bridge - the bridge has
never been breached in all it's history.
One of the many views of Prague Castle - which is not so much
one building as it is a collection of buildings with a huge Cathedral.
The Cathedral lit up at night
The changing of the very serious guards (apart from
one who appeared to get the giggles when they had to
put their arms out to check their distance from each other)
The view from the Prague Castle lookout over the Lesser
Town they call it, Lesser simply because it is smaller than the
other parts of Prague.
The view of the old square from the top of
the bell tower.
The Old Square (now World Heritage listed)
lit up at night.