Month: August 2014

 

We saw so many interesting  sites in Prague today I almost don’t know where to begin.   All six of us went with a driver and a tour guide for a four hour tour.  We started out at the Vysehard Castle which had beautiful views overlooking the Vltava River.

We went on to the Prague Castle district and even saw the changing of the guard which is done every hour.

The Old Town Square withe the astronomical Clock from the 15th century was pretty impressive as well as the Charles Bridge.  We went back to the Jewish Quarter this afternoon.   In the Old Jewish Cemetary we saw old tombstones that were so crooked.  It was the only Cemetery Jews were allowed to be buried in.  So many graves were put on top of each other, sometimes 7 or 8 deep.  This went on from the 1400 until 1787.

Also in the Pinkas Synagogue were handwritten name of the 77,000 Czech Jews that were killed in the concentration camps.   I felt like I did when we toured the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam.

Here are some other interesting sites from our day.

August 7th, 2014

Yesterday and today blurred together.  Out flight left Philadelphia around 9:30 last night.  It was a little over seven hour flight, but as soon as we were airborne we were instructed to move our clocks ahead six hours.   Easy to do on your watch, but not quite as easy to do with your body’s internal clock.   

After dinner on the plane, we were given a pillow, thin blanket, a blindfold and ear plugs.   All of the window shades were pulled down and the overhead lights were turned down    This was to give you the idea it was sleep time.  Out of the six of us, I was the only one who slept soundly most of the time to Paris.   We had about a three hour layover and then finished our travel with arriving in Prague around 3:30 pm.  All in all, we figured most of the group had been awake over 30 hours as we ate our dinner tonight.  Frank is already asleep and snoring as I write this entry.   

Our hotel is close to the Old Town in Prague. I am sure after a good night’s rest, we will be ready for our city tour tomorrow.   Can’t wait!  

This afternoon we head for the Philadelphia Airport to begin our adventure to Prague, a Viking River Cruise on the Danube and Budapest.   Who knows what adventures await us?   Follow along.   We hope you enjoy hearing about our adventures!