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Bryan takes advantage of having the train compartment to ourselves for the last leg into Prague. - IMG_4531.JPG
old water wheel - IMG_4489.JPG
We liked our hostel (the Czech Inn--har), but it's fair to say the room was overrated. - IMG_4490.JPG
We start Saturday with a 4-hour free walking tour, guiding by the man with the white umbrella. - IMG_4533.JPG
The Lennon wall, former hotbed of anti-communist sentiment, now tourist attraction. - IMG_4616.JPG
TV tower at night, from the front door of our apartment building. - IMG_4492.JPG
A super-famous clock with extremely disappointing animation on the hour. - IMG_4535.JPG
Oh yes, we're still on the tour. - IMG_4518.JPG
a statue of "the ghost" - IMG_4491.JPG
We happen to encounter a folk festival going on in Old Town Square. - IMG_4525.JPG
view of the palace from the bridge - IMG_4584.JPG
We stroll through the weekend beer festival along Karl Marx Alley. The trees mask the ugly East German buildings. - IMG_4529.JPG
one of our worst arm-out shots ever - IMG_4512.JPG
Wenceslas Square (who knew the good king of the Chrismas carol actually existed? not I. But I don't think his brother stabs him to death in the song.) - IMG_4630.JPG
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street art everywhere, of course - IMG_4608.JPG
We visit a very cool museum of musical instruments and take this one picture showing how they get that black glossy piano finish. - CIMG2440 (Large)
Bryan and Leslie in our kitchen. (from Michael's camera) - IMG_4510.JPG
McDonalds in some fancy former palace digs. - IMG_4505.JPG
Italian black-and-gold baroque meets northern pink-and-white. - IMG_4496.JPG
More folk festival. I'm sad I failed to capture any of the beer stein waving. - IMG_4515.JPG
That's right, we're still on the walking tour. - IMG_4609.JPG
From our windows, I watched (and listened to) three storms roll in. - IMG_4498.JPG
old buildings in various styles - IMG_4620.JPG
playing on big guns - IMG_4526.JPG
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church-front, Jesus getting it again - IMG_4623.JPG
Big tower in honor of Prussian military victories. Pock-marked with bullet holes, like everything 50+ years old in Berlin. - IMG_4527.JPG
Bryan tries to get something out of his eye. - IMG_4509.JPG
We didn't go to the Museum of Communism, but we liked the signs.