After we left Saint Petersburg, we headed on to Prague. We'd heard from a lot of people that Prague is a beautiful city and a great place to be a tourist, so we thought we'd check it out! I'm so glad we did, because I loved it and it's definitely near the top of my favorite cities list! Who can't love a city where you can get beer for cheaper than bottled water?!
Our first day in Prague, we hit up one of the Free Europe tours. We'd done these tours before, and found them to be a fun, informative, and a good price (you pay whatever you think is fair, and we always end up paying pretty much the same amount as any other tour, but the guides are far more into the tour). Starting a visit to any city off with a tour is a really good way to familiarize yourself with the layout and to find out about places that you might miss otherwise!
The tour started off in the town square, which is beautiful. It's surrounded by churches
And restaurants.
There is a big clock tower on one side, with an astronomical clock. You can climb up the clock tower, which we did later in the day, for some beautiful views of the city.
And a statue of Jan Hus, who was a religious reformer.
From there, we walked through the Jewish Quarter, which has some of the oldest synagogues in Europe.
Then on to Saint Wenceslas square,
Past a tower from the old town walls
And some really beautiful buildings.
We ended near the Charles Bridge, looking across towards Prague Castle (where we spent most of the next day).
After the tour ended, we had lunch (and beer!) wandered around for a bit, and then decided to go up the Clock Tower to check out the view. Prague is a very pretty city, but it sure does have a different skyline from Chicago!
Looking down, you can see the people watching the clock go off.
They decided that the clock wasn't dramatic enough, so they have a trumpet player play a little fanfare as well. I happened to be standing next to him!
It was getting pretty late by then, so we climbed back down and ate dinner at one of the restaurants in the town square. Luckily the weather was much nicer than in Russia, and we were able to sit outside and people watch (and drink beer!). It was a perfect evening!
Our first day in Prague, we hit up one of the Free Europe tours. We'd done these tours before, and found them to be a fun, informative, and a good price (you pay whatever you think is fair, and we always end up paying pretty much the same amount as any other tour, but the guides are far more into the tour). Starting a visit to any city off with a tour is a really good way to familiarize yourself with the layout and to find out about places that you might miss otherwise!
The tour started off in the town square, which is beautiful. It's surrounded by churches
And restaurants.
There is a big clock tower on one side, with an astronomical clock. You can climb up the clock tower, which we did later in the day, for some beautiful views of the city.
And a statue of Jan Hus, who was a religious reformer.
From there, we walked through the Jewish Quarter, which has some of the oldest synagogues in Europe.
Then on to Saint Wenceslas square,
Past a tower from the old town walls
And some really beautiful buildings.
We ended near the Charles Bridge, looking across towards Prague Castle (where we spent most of the next day).
After the tour ended, we had lunch (and beer!) wandered around for a bit, and then decided to go up the Clock Tower to check out the view. Prague is a very pretty city, but it sure does have a different skyline from Chicago!
Looking down, you can see the people watching the clock go off.
They decided that the clock wasn't dramatic enough, so they have a trumpet player play a little fanfare as well. I happened to be standing next to him!
It was getting pretty late by then, so we climbed back down and ate dinner at one of the restaurants in the town square. Luckily the weather was much nicer than in Russia, and we were able to sit outside and people watch (and drink beer!). It was a perfect evening!
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