Prague
But before that, here are some pictures from the Dachau concentration camp/memorial outside Munich.
Railway right up to the door. That's efficiency for you!
Two of the dorm style buildings. They were designed to hold 5000 prisoners in 30 buildings like these two. At liberation they held 30000.
Yeah....so a lot of people died from starvation and disease.
Prague was our next stop and with an apartment in the Vysehrad just outside the city centre and a short tram journey down the road we were set for a whole heap of sightseeing.
Fortunately there was a lot to see. The Charles Bridge and Prague Palace (on the hill)
St Micheal's church.
They have guard's, these guys get pissed if you get too close to them though. The guy in the beige suit learned this lesson for us all.
St Nicholas's church. Obviously the superior eclesiastical institution in these parts.
Downtown Prague.
This is our Neighborhood as seen from the Vysehrad fortress at sunset.
The Vysehrad is one of the oldest edifices in Prague having been updated many times of the millenia. Now it hold's tourist hotels and restaurants and a church.
We made a side trip out to Terezin where a transit ghetto was created to hold Jews in WWII. Originally a very impressive looking fortress it was converted to keep people in.
Work will set you free apparently.
The light at the end of the tunnel is definitely not heaven.
The path to the execution area.
Back in Prague we visited the Castle.
The view from the tower of St Vitus Basilica was worth the steps up...I think.
In the distance you can make out the Vysehrad. There is also a monkey eating a banana if you squint and tap your head with a shrimp fork.
We watched a concert in the St George Church (at the castle) and the acoustics were just amazing. As someone who used to play the viola badly I am glad my glaring errors were never made as clear as this stone church would have made them.
After the concert everything was lit up all pretty like.
St Vitus.
St Micheals and Prague at night.
Charles Bridge
The Bridge and the Castle
This is apparently an Astronomical clock, from the number of tourists waiting for it to chime I am guessing I should've waited to hear it. I don't like tourists.
Wenceslas square is the shopping heart of Prague.
Last day in Prague and after waking up early to take photos from the Vysehrad (with the sun rising) I was disappointed to find everything shrouded in fog. Oh well, here's proof of my early rising.
Tomorrow we make all haste for Berlin in a drive I have decided to call the reverse-Chamberlain (google "1936 czechoslovakia" if you don't get it)
Railway right up to the door. That's efficiency for you!
Two of the dorm style buildings. They were designed to hold 5000 prisoners in 30 buildings like these two. At liberation they held 30000.
Yeah....so a lot of people died from starvation and disease.
Prague was our next stop and with an apartment in the Vysehrad just outside the city centre and a short tram journey down the road we were set for a whole heap of sightseeing.
Fortunately there was a lot to see. The Charles Bridge and Prague Palace (on the hill)
St Micheal's church.
They have guard's, these guys get pissed if you get too close to them though. The guy in the beige suit learned this lesson for us all.
St Nicholas's church. Obviously the superior eclesiastical institution in these parts.
Downtown Prague.
This is our Neighborhood as seen from the Vysehrad fortress at sunset.
The Vysehrad is one of the oldest edifices in Prague having been updated many times of the millenia. Now it hold's tourist hotels and restaurants and a church.
We made a side trip out to Terezin where a transit ghetto was created to hold Jews in WWII. Originally a very impressive looking fortress it was converted to keep people in.
Work will set you free apparently.
The light at the end of the tunnel is definitely not heaven.
The path to the execution area.
Back in Prague we visited the Castle.
The view from the tower of St Vitus Basilica was worth the steps up...I think.
In the distance you can make out the Vysehrad. There is also a monkey eating a banana if you squint and tap your head with a shrimp fork.
We watched a concert in the St George Church (at the castle) and the acoustics were just amazing. As someone who used to play the viola badly I am glad my glaring errors were never made as clear as this stone church would have made them.
After the concert everything was lit up all pretty like.
St Vitus.
St Micheals and Prague at night.
Charles Bridge
The Bridge and the Castle
This is apparently an Astronomical clock, from the number of tourists waiting for it to chime I am guessing I should've waited to hear it. I don't like tourists.
Wenceslas square is the shopping heart of Prague.
Last day in Prague and after waking up early to take photos from the Vysehrad (with the sun rising) I was disappointed to find everything shrouded in fog. Oh well, here's proof of my early rising.
Tomorrow we make all haste for Berlin in a drive I have decided to call the reverse-Chamberlain (google "1936 czechoslovakia" if you don't get it)
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