Prague

I still love the city of Prague.  It has such gorgeous architecture and scenic streets and buildings.  Everywhere I look, there is something that is interesting.  We had a nice city tour today and it brought back a lot of memories for me of my trip here with Janis. But that trip was in the winter and this time it is summer with lots of people and lots more souvenir places to browse.  We started off up on Castle Hill and went in St Vitus cathedral and it has such gorgeous stained glass windows. My camera will not do these justice.  We enjoyed just wandering around and taking it all in.  Then Jim and I went outside and walked around the castle grounds and enjoyed all the views.  We did not go into the castle but had plenty of time to see the changing of the guards and the area around the castle.  From Castle Hill, we went down by bus and got out near the old town. We walked across the bridge and walked through the Jewish quarter.  We saw the Jewish cemetary and moved on to the Old Town in time to see the Astronomical clock go off at noon.  It was crowded in the old town square but was neat and we could see it well.  The tour ended there and Jim, Marylou and I went off on the trek to see where Janis and I stayed on Wenceslas Square.  We did a little shopping for all the ladies in our family and had a really good pizza for lunch. Ahhh how I love to eat in Europe where they make pizzas without the garlic and onion!  We wandered around-found a nice market and browsed there and ended up at the Charles Bridge which was very crowded and by that time we were hot and tired.  We are fairly certain that our surprise tour tomorrow will include that so we decided to head on back to the hotel.  They gave us metro passes for our trip back and we found one without much problem.  Jim and I got off at the big mall one stop before our hotel and got us some snacks.  We got back on the metro and went on to our hotel and it felt very good to relax and take our shoes off!  I have a lovely blister on my big toe that is not real happy with this much walking, but it is not slowing us down so far!