Prague I .... Old Europe

Prague ..... What a city ..... Arrived here Sunday night and spent all day Monday exploring the city. It is just so beautiful to see all these old houses, buildings, castles and churches ..... there are small cafes or restaurants everywhere, of course with tables outside. The shopping is supposed to be great as well. It feels like every turn you make there is a surprise waiting for you. Little cobblestone streets, you walk through an arch and suddenly there is a small square with shops and restaurants, very, very nice. So far it feels not too expensive (except housing).

I meet up with an Aussie, a Canadian and a French guy while watching the game Australia versus Italy. What a steal! Australia dominated the game and deserved to win and then this extremely questionable penalty in the 93 rd minute .... what a devastating way to loose.

Later on we had dinner in a typical Czech restaurant. It was delicious and with drinks we just paid $ 10 each.

At around 10:30 pm I met with Anke from San Francisco with her friend Denise (who currently lives in Italy). We watched the game Switzerland - Ukraine on the Center Square in Old Town. Great atmosphere, very international crowd. Unfortunately the Ukraine won the penalty shoot out after overtime. Again, another game where the team deserving to win lost in the end. Today I will be spending more time exploring this wonderful city and tomorrow we will be taking a guided tour. I will keep you posted. Of course we have to watch Brazil - Ghana today, supporting the underdog :-)

I will try to find out the names of some of the buildings you see, unfortunately all the maps show the names in Czech, which is not to helpful.

I believe this is the "Powder Tower".





The old castle .... it is huge (supposedly the largest in Europe.






An old church at the Center Square in Old Town.

The Carls Bridge.

Just a view of one of the many beautiful streets with these incredible old houses.