Prague, The Heart of Europe
I made several trips to Prague or Praha in the Czech Republic. Prague is about 9 hours from Krakow by train and is one of the best preserved cities from the medieval world, aside from Krakow, Poland of course.
Chris Canales met me in Poland and we met again later in the royal city of Prague. Chris and our new friends in the town square.
That's Chris
That's me
That's Pavla, she's actually from Prague. At one point while I was working at the Mountain Room Bar In Yosemite National Park, California one of the waiters (John Duncan) came up to me and two of the girls sitting in his station girls are from Czech Republic. Well I bought them a drink and we talked for a while so Pavla gave me her address and when I went to Krakow I got in contact with her before I made a trip to Prague, later she came to Krakow to visit me and met my good friend Chris Canales at which time they found common ground and spent a bit of time together in Czech and Austria. I eventually met Pavla again in Chicago and almost met up with her in Mexico.
Being a local, Pavla really blends in quite nicely with the Prague surroundings.
While in Prague I also met Lena, Pavla's friend, Melina.
Chris and I went to the Carlstein Castle which is near Prague and deffinitely worth a visit.
St Vitus Cathedral, Prague Castle, Hradcany
This Gothic cathedral, the spiritual symbol of the Czech state, was founded by Jan Lucembursky (John of Luxembourg) and his sons Karel and Jan Jindrich. It took nearly six centuries to build. Begun in 1344 by Mathias Arras and Petr Parler upon the site of a 10th century rotunda, the final phase of construction only ended during 1873-1929.
A couple ot he famous stained glass windows in the church.
The St vitus Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Prague and the place where saints, kings, princes and pmperors of Bohemia are buried. The coronations of the kings of Bohemia were held there until 1836.
Prague is definitely one of the must sees of Europe.
