train ride from Berlin to Prague |
astrological clock in the old town square |
it chimes every hour (second most overrated attraction in Europe, according to our tour guide), notice the trumpeter at the top |
statue in Old Town Square |
Church, Old Town Square |
last remaining concert house where Mozart himself performed |
Jewish quarter |
close-up of the oldest, still-operating synagogue |
Czech composer whose music was being listened to when the Americans landed on the moon. Americans had the first man on the moon, but the Czech's had the first music - which they are very proud of. |
Charles Bridge (Praha = Prague) |
me on the Charles Bridge w/ Prague Castle in the background |
band on the Charles Bridge |
Seagulls |
John Lennon Peace Wall |
We all shine on (with my initials below, which I didn't even write) |
Love Love Love |
one of my contributions, from the song Paul wrote for John after his death |
I love you, John xxx xxx Carly, 2011 |
Why don't we do it in the road? |
It's only me. -John |
Take these broken wings and learn to fly... Margaret 2011 |
me and the wall |
apparently Prague is trying to copy Cologne with the whole padlock thing... |
Piss Sculpture (the pool they're pissing into is shaped like the Czech Republic) |
Prague Sewer Cover |
Charles Bridge |
State Theatre, where we saw Cinderella (the ballet) |
Cathedral at Prague Castle |
The Czechs were big fans of defenestration (i.e. throwing people out windows). The defenestration that took place at this window sparked the Thirty Years War. |
inside the castle |
looking over Prague |
a grey day, but the red roofs of Prague show through |
Jewish Museum that has a room full of drawings by Jewish children in the concentration camps. Many drew the journey home to Prague, which barely any of them would make. |
tombstones in the Jewish Cemetery that inspired the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin |
Jewish Cemetery |
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