More Praha

Soon, I will post photos of our day trip to Karlovy Vary and the hops fields and sights along the way. For now, here is more of Praha... the city without end. I do believe Praha is the largest city I have ever been, well except for NYC, but you can see the limits of NYC; whereas, Praha goes on forever and forever. Be sure to click on the photos for detail closeups. Character is found in the gray slabs of stone chipped and cracked and repaired hundreds of times over. The city is covered with orange terracotta roofing and along the bridge you'll find random spots of gold laid in statues and worn by the touch of visitors' hands who caress it for luck and for love.

At top is the Little Quarter Bridge Towers with the smaller of the two towers being one of the oldest parts of the original Charles Bridge built in 1357. The Bridge has 30 sculptures, with one being lifted out of place for repair at the time of our visit. It's quite an ordeal to move these monolithic Saints off their perches, using cranes and other big equipment and with hundreds of people underfoot — not the safest place to be in the city.

Praha in Pictures

November 2006

The night I stepped out of the Metro and into Prague, Bach filled the air in the Old Town Market Square, at the Church of Saint Peter and Paul.

The next day, my Czech friend and I ventured over the Vltava via the Charles Bridge and up the steep stone cobbled streets to Prague Castle (not yet pictured)
and the Cathedral of St. Vitus, St. Wenceslas and St. Adalbert. My favorite photo from this early part of the day is of the canal. Click to enlarge the view of the Pilsner Urquell Boat and the sheep skin covered chairs at the cafe to the right. I'll tell you, between their chair coverings, cat belts, svarzik, grog and "super coffee", the
Czechs sure do know how to stay warm.