Prague

Prague is a pretty special place. A lot of it tends to be from a past of being conquered by the Roman Empire and pretty much any surrounding European country.. one example on hand would be Germany.

It is incredibly beautiful, but the centre is spilling over with tourists which seem to be unavoidable.

Tourists in numbers seem to think that they can do anything – a form of mob mentality, which can be really entertaining to watch. One example I took a photo of was in the Jewish section outside a Synagogue. There were some Jews on one side of the street sitting in a small group minding their own business, and on the other were a big group of ‘I presume’ American tourists taking photos of them. It was like they were on a safari – and the Jews were a dangerous rare man eating species to be treated with extreme caution.

On a whole there isn't really much to say about Prague - it is a really pretty place, but you have to put up with a mind blowing amount of tourists.. and yes you are going to be one of them. All that aside though - just put the blinders on and rummage through the streets, rivers and castles to check out the amazing scenery. We also did a walking tour which gave some pretty fascinating history - but I wont bore you with that.

Below - A Prague alleyway. Amazing tight streets and buildings that seem to be brittle and crumbly adorn them.


The Astronomical clock. This was designed and built in 1490. Back then it was about as technologically advanced as the iphone. It was so good that the town decided to poke the creators eyes out with a hot poker.. why? So he couldn't build any body else one like it. Really good idea, except the following year it broke and the only guys that could fix it was blind.

And this is the crowd that gathers to watch the anticlimactic performance every hour on the hour. Without fail they gather and watch the disappointing act of a skeleton pulling a cord and a crow making a sound like a dying pigeon.

The new old Synagogue. Legend has it that Gollem lives here in the attic. We bought a really nice etching of Gollem terrorising the city over this building.. cool souvenir.

The castle that looks over the city - a very nice example of Gothic architecture.



Just down from the castle is a view of the city from above.. A pretty terracotta site.


One of the rivers flowing through the city like a vein feeding it.



Thought I would slip in this last pic of a local taxi. Some websites warn against taking unknown companies for fear of getting ripped off. It's almost like this guy advertises that message. Not only does he have barbed wire in his grill - bu the whole car is tagged with statements such as "f*ck the police" etc.. at your own risk