Czech it out

Two days in Prague:

I'm writing this after a 12 hour train trip from Prague to Ljubljana and am rather exhausted, so please excuse the lack of creativity and also any spelling mistakes....

Arriving from Paris, I was met with no passport control at Prague Airport - the wonders of the EU. Prague is indeed the Paris of the East.

Prague is very beautiful with many mixed architectural styles. Fairly small city with a very rich history.

The public transport is very good AND cheap - less than R10 for a bus into town.

On the left is the 'Piss Statue' just outside the Franz Kafka Museum. It is basically two anamatronic dudes pissing into a puddle shaped liked the Czech Republic. Dodge?

This is the

Astronomical Clock which has saints and a skeleton sing on the hour

St Wencelas Ave and in the distance, the statue of St Wencelas and the Museum. This is Prague's version of the Champs Elysees


Changing of the guard at Prague Castle (the largest Castle complex in the world).

To the left, the Jewish Quarter, the 'Old New Synagogue' which is the oldest intact synagogue in Central Europe and borders the Jewish Cemetary.

The Jewish Quarter is the fancy barrio of the town and where all the boutiques can be found. It was also where Kafka grew up - although at the time, it had not yet undergone the renovation which made it the beauty it is

today

Some typical Czech food - Suickova (switchkova) - beef with bread dumplings and a creamy carrot sauce. Was yum. The only reservation was the dodgy bathroom decor at the restaurant (see below)....

FAIL!