But it was certainly interesting to see Bohemia (Czechia) after my last trip in the 80s. Czech beer is as good as German beer, so we ensured nothing dried up during the bummel.
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| Czech subway stations use STEEP elevators. We got a bit dizzy sinze the wall posters are not vertical, but parallel to the inclination of the ramp. This was even without beer. |
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| Prag is Jugendstil everywhere. One can only marvel what was destroyed in WWII elsewhere in Europe. |
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| City Hall decoration |
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| City Hall |
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| Just one of many |
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| These spider-globes seem to be a trade mark of Prague |
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| Like rockets near take-off |
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| Some more |
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| Astronomical clock. |
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| Absinth drinking used to be a scourge in the 19th century |
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| Jugendstil |
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| Grand Hotel Europe Prague |
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| Jugendstil |
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| The Communist Party Central - who would have guessed? :-) |
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| Bohemian beer rhapsody |
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| Prague Castle |
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| Church door |
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| Charles Bridge - Karlsbrücke |
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| Theatre - I just had to remove the cabling for the electric streetcars hanging everywhere |
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| Prague sunset |
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| War memorial |
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| Cheap ferries are available at many sections of the river |
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| Czech lemonade - I don't know what they put int there but I felt similar to that smiley afterwards |
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| Country roads leading to Zamek Veltrusy, a country residence. It is very peaceful out there. |
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| Zamek Veltrusy |
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| Melnik, absolutely lovely |
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| Making the best of a rainy day |
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| Sächsische Schweiz - Elbstandstein |
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| Dresden Frauenkirche - on the left you can see the original stones that were left standing. The black dots in between show reuse of stones recovered from the rubble heap after the building collapsed. |
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| Victoria - we made it .. to Dresden |
