Prague, 22 & 23rd July

We walked the short distance from our hotel to the railway station in Dresden, to catch the train to Prague. It left at 11.08 am, and arrived at the main station in Prague 2&1/2 hours later. Caught the local train to the hotel, then walked back into the city. It was 4pm when we sat down for lunch at a Czech restaurant on Wencelesas Square. 

After lunch we walked around the central city, amongst the thousands of other tourists, then walked back to the hotel. 

The buildings are rather beautiful, and there are tourist shops everywhere.

It was fine all day, a pleasant change!

Monday was lovely and warm. We caught the train to the city, and went to the Communist Museum. This was, rather ironically, situated beside a McDonalds. The display was rather aged, but a video presentation depicted the fall of communism rather well. From there we walked to the Castle over the Charles Bridge and up the hill. Wandered around the castle for a while, before returning to the central city. Liz had a Thai massage while John waited at a nearby cafe. Then we sauntereed the central city until we met our companions at a nearby restaurant at 6pm for dinner, before going to a concert of highlights of Mozart's Requiem at the St. Nicholas Church.

Our hour walk home along the Vletana River was in beautiful mild, calm conditions, with the lights coming on shining on the Castle as dusk approached. We were walking home with Nelson, and got onto the wrong path through the walled area of the former King's castle, so took an extra 1/2 hour. 

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John & Liz Pfahlert
P O Box 9740
Marion Square
Wellington 6141