Saturday, October 13

We're in Prague since Thursday afternoon when we returned our rental car (yea!) at the airport and were picked up by a driver and brought to our apartment located in the Ungelt near Old Town Square, an area that in medieval times served as a place of commerce and customs house where merchants payed their tariff, called "ungelt".  An old building and very large apartment that's just a short walk to Old Town Square.

Yesterday Charlie and I took a 6 hour tour with an English speaking guide which was excellent and we learned lot of history and interesting tidbits about the city as well as the Czech people.  Our guide had grown up in the city.  Remember this city and country has not been out from under communism for too many years...and she said there was still a strong communist party.  Economically they are not doing well and could be vulnerable to party change....

Charles Bridge over the River Vltava

Cathedral on Castle Grounds above city

View of Prague from Castle on Rainy Afternoon

Old New Synagogue in Jewish Quarter

Saint Wenceslas Statue with National Museum in Background
In 1968 Russian tanks shot up this building during the invasion.

Old Town Square

Saturday afternoon we took a World War II tour of Prague focusing on the German invasion in 1938, the Prague citizen uprising in May of 45 and the "liberation" by the Red Army also in May, 1945.

Tomorrow we're flying home!