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more old things - IMG_4509.JPG
We didn't go to the Museum of Communism, but we liked the signs. - IMG_4510.JPG
McDonalds in some fancy former palace digs. - 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_4513.JPG
Mozart wrote Don Giovanni in Prague. The city is just a little proud of this. - IMG_4515.JPG
That's right, we're still on the walking tour. - IMG_4517.JPG
You might be able to guess that Bryan is driving the camera at this point. - IMG_4518.JPG
a statue of "the ghost" - IMG_4520.JPG
approaching that tourist thoroughfare, the Charles Bridge - IMG_4523.JPG
another, less ridiculously packed bridge - IMG_4524.JPG
If I were a pickpocket, this is where I would work. - IMG_4525.JPG
view of the palace from the bridge - IMG_4526.JPG
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Bryan tries to get something out of his eye. - IMG_4529.JPG
one of our worst arm-out shots ever - IMG_4530.JPG
street art everywhere, of course - IMG_4531.JPG
old water wheel - IMG_4533.JPG
The Lennon wall, former hotbed of anti-communist sentiment, now tourist attraction. - IMG_4535.JPG
Oh yes, we're still on the tour. - IMG_4536.JPG
Evidently the graffiti turns over about annually. - IMG_4537.JPG
Leslie leaves our mark. - IMG_4538.JPG
Catholics and Protestants have a long history of stealing churches from each other here. This is a *slightly* over the top Catholic retrofit of a fairly simple Protestant church. - IMG_4539.JPG
city panoramic from the palace - IMG_4540.JPG
I always imagined Prague to be a bit darker, but it's all pastels and red tile roofs. - IMG_4541.JPG
An old corner of the palace and site of the best start of a war ever: the Defenestration of Prague (Protestants toss a couple of Catholic counselors out the window-->30 years of bloody war) - IMG_4542.JPG
St. Vitus Cathedral: started in the 14th century, finished in the 20th - IMG_4543.JPG
Having blown out our feet, we retreat to a beer garden snuggled in between some old church walls. - IMG_4544.JPG
Bryan teaches Leslie how to play poker. - IMG_4546.JPG
Location of the first Pilsner Urquell (THE pilsner, created in a nearby village) poured in Prague.