(we were in prague from july 15th to july 17th)
prague is one of the most popular cities in the czech republic. it has a lot of history, and you can feel it as you walk through the city. personally, this is one of my most favorite cities so far, and i would love to go back. why? it’s the cobblestone streets lined with 15th and 16th century buildings. it’s the food, the delicious pork and potatoes and beer and fried everything and beer. wait i said that. it’s the prices. it’s one of the few places in europe where you can still get a great exchange using the US dollar. but most of all it’s the city. the city has a modern and cool feel to it. it’s old meets new everywhere you look. it’s cobblestone streets and castles and narrow alleys with dotted with little cafe’s. it’s the tall ornate street lanterns and numerous copper and stone statues. it’s just a really beautiful city.
on day one, we did what we normally do when we get somewhere. first we found our place, in this case a nice little hotel about 15 minutes walking distance away from the city center, dropped off our bags, then headed into downtown.
walking downtown was really a lot of fun. there are a number of street you can take and many of them lead to a main square lined with shops, expensive hotels, and restaurants. to get into the main square, you can go through one of a few of these really large stone arch gateways. they all stand elegantly toll and look like they’re covered with about 1000 years of history.
luckily for us, and i love it when this happens, we arrived through one of these gateways and discovered that the bohemian jazz festival was occuring that night. so there were TONS of people everywhere, great food vendors, and a big main stage with bands playing. so we spent the first night just walking around, then watching the concert while dining on some delicious and gigantic sausages.
here are some pictures from day one, july 15th.
