Prague

Prague is a spooky city at night! It's super old, dimly lit, and there are statues (darkened with age) that loom over you like spectres. (especially on the Charles bridge) It's a lot of fun to wander around at night.

Spooky statue in Prague

At this point, I'm pretty fatigued with museums, so I didn't go into many. I will definitely come back to Prague, and will tour the museums then. For this trip, I spent a lot of time wandering around the city while admiring the architecture & hearing the stories.

I took 2 tours in Prague. The first was a Free Walking tour, which was a lot of fun. It was led by a Scottish guy who was a lot of fun to listen to. He told us about Prague's bloody history - there were a lot of Catholic/Protestant battles here, and a lot of hangings & beheadings.

In the evening, I went on a Ghost Tour - I was inspired by how spooky things are here. The tour was fun, but not as great as I had expected. I didn't see any ghosts. :-(

I did go to one museum - the museum of Communism. It showed how bad things were in Czechoslovakia under Communism, and had a very clear anti-Communist message. It was surreal to see news clips, photos, and stories from things that happened just 20 years ago, but seems so different than the way things are now.

The food in Prague was good - I had some good goulash, and some chicken, dumplings, and cabbage. And, of course, I had some really good Czech beer. After the walking tour, I went to a Monastery that brewed beer for Kings for a great lunch with their specially brewed beer.