Prague Sights 1

So tonight, August 26th, finds us in Budapest, or maybe just Pest, and I am two full cities behind in blogging. So here goes with Prague, where we spent six absolutely wonderful days.

It did not start well; a two-hour traffic jam getting to our

campground; whole expressways closed for construction,

exits closed; and all you can see from the outer ring-road

is a massive wall of high-rise apartments

But it got better as soon as we got into the old town; here

we are near the Charles Bridge, the Moldau and Hradcany

Castle in the background

One of the towers at either end of the bridge,

which is itself 700 years old

The Moldau, Hradcany Castle complex, and St. Vitus'

Cathedral

The other tower and Mala Strana skyline

Mustek St. in Mala Strana

Looking the other way

The gardens at Wallenstein Palace; where the Czech

Republic Senate meets

Boating on the Moldau

The "dancing" building, called by Prague residents

"Ginger and Fred"

More revealing view; one of very few new

buildings of interest

Looking into Wenceslas Square toward the

national museum; in the early 90s, a

hundred thousand protesters gathered

here nightly for two weeks, demanding the

communist government step down; it did,

and a democracy was re-born here