Prague Part II

most people come to prague because they've heard it's a beautiful place. with some 600 years of architecture virtually untouched by natural disaster or war, few other european capitals look as good. but as i said, don't go during winter unless it's snowing.. it could be better if i see the beautiful gardens and parks as seen on the guide books..

prague castle

view of prague castle (top left) from the other side of river vltava.. serve as headquarters of the czech president, also home of prague's chief tourist attractions such as gothic cathedral of sv vit, old royal palace, golden lane and numerous museums and galleries.. make sure u bring enough koruny as all charge separately!

toy museum in prague castle

mala strana

the small hill at west bank of prague.

rozhledna of petrin - the little eiffel tower on the hill

view from kampa island - the largest of the vltava islands

interesting statues at museum kampa, check out the bottom actually moving left, right, up and down.

stare mesto (old town)

prague's most central, vital ingredient with the capital's busiest markets, shops, restaurants and pubs in this area.

charles bridge (karluv most) - by far the city's most famous monument, bristling with statuary and crowded with people.

flying seagull at river vltava

staromestske namesti (old town square) - traditional heart of the city. on the left is the 15th century astronomical clock whose hourly mechanical dumbshow regularly attracts a crowd of tourists.

josefov

the old jewish ghetto district where the jewish town hall and the medieval cemetery still survive to this day.

the old jewish cemetery - i still think that paying 300czk to visit was over priced and paying 30czk to take photos was a bit silly..

wenceslas square and northern nove mesto

prague's new town - the city's main commercial and business district.

wenceslas square by night

obecni dum - cafe, bar, restaurant, exhibition space and concert hall, this art nouveau masterpiece is preserved exactly as built in 1911.

kutna hora

the town which is in UNESCO's world heritage list, located 63km east of prague city, approximately 1 hour journey from florenc bus terminal. i had explored most of the city sight within the first two days so i decided to make a trip out of the city. between terezin (turned into the nazi's concentration camp for jews in 1941) and kutna hora, i had chosen the later because of the ossuary (kostnice), located at sedley, 3km from kutna hora.

the chandelier made by human bones in ossuary

the church was formed initially from the bones of 30,000 people killed in a plague of 1318. i was told that now there are more than 40,000 sets of human bones in the church.. undoubtedly, this visit itself worth for my trip to prague.. there are actually some other tourist attractions in kutna hora but due the the stormy weather and less frequent bus service, i went back to prague right after the visit (in fact i spent an hour to catch a bus from sedlec to kutna hora bus station and another hour to catch a bus back to prague)...