We took the bus to Old Town and then did a walking tour of several of the various churches and had numerous architectural buildings pointed put. The city of Prague has the most varieties of architecture of almost anywhere. There is Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Art Nouveau, Cubist, Post Modern and of course the socialist type from the communist era. The city is quite a mixture. There are also some very modern commercial buildings as well.
We also crossed the Charles Bridge, but this time we did it during the day. It is lined with all sorts of statues most of which are from the 17th century. We walked down to Kampa Island where we saw the long wall with all sorts of legal graffiti which is the wall of John Lennon. Lots of folks have added to this wall which has lots and lots of layers of paint.
We watched the old astronomical clock strike and see the apostles make a rigid circle through 2 windows and a skeleton ring a bell while a rooster just crowed 3 times. Wow! What excitement. Actually since it was built in 1490, that is phenomenal. It also has astrology, moon cycles, when sun sets and seasons. If you wanted to see the real time, there were 2 other clocks on the tower. This clock strikes close to the hour up until 9 pm each day. It was interesting.
We were also able to check out some of their markets which are active since they are the markets for Easter.
Notice how neatly the fruit is displayed to sell
This lady is hand painting eggs for the Easter Holiday.
In the afternoon we toured around the Jewish Quarter. We toured several synagogues as well as a Jewish Cemetary. This old Cemetary had over 12,000 graves in 11 levels packed into a very small area. The Spanish Synagogue looked very Moorish and different.
All in all it was a busy day.
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