We spent three days in Prague. While we were a tad disappointed with only seeing dense heavy cloud the whole time that we were there, it was thoroughly worthwhile making the detour.
Firstly, the architecture was most impressive. There was baroque, art nouveau, art deco, and even some cubism thrown into the mix (we’ve been learning some new words!). Prague only lost one building from bombing in World War 2, so it is all very original.
Secondly, learning about the history of the city was fascinating. We took a ‘free’ walking tour of the city which was very interesting. Our guide’s grandmother has lived in Prague her whole life, yet has lived in eight different countries. As an Australian, that is unfathomable.
The cool thing about Prague, in a similar way to Berlin, is how recent all the history is. Standing in the square where the protesting happened to bring an end to the Communist regime in November 1989 was surreal. We visited the Communist museum (located between a McDonalds and Casino – Prague black humor) and saw footage of the protests the led to the ‘Velvet Revolution’ and learnt about the extreme lengths the Communist party went to in their attempts hold on to power.
Thirdly, the Goulash! Need we say more?
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