Prague Czech Republic

After spending some time in Ostuni we departed for Vienna on July 1st where we spent three nights.  We flew from Bari Italy through Munich Germany and then onto Vienna.  We choose to stop in Vienna as the last time we visited the city we really enjoyed it and had a great Austrian meal at a local restaurant.  We went to the same restaurant and was not disappointed as we had a marvelous typical Austrian meal.  We love Vienna even though it rained for the complete time we visited, however we took the tram around the city and sightsee'd from the tram.

We left Vienna by train on July 3rd and arrived in Prague mid afternoon.  We had rented two apartments in Prague a small one bedroom for the first two weeks followed by a two bedroom the last two weeks of our visit as Steven, Emmie and the girls were visiting in week three and then in week four Sam and I were keeping the girls as Emmie and Steve returned to Germany.

The first apartment was on the very top floor of a building just on the edge of the Old City.  It had a 180 degree wrap around window with a huge terrace that wrapped around the complete apartment giving us beautiful views of the city.

We spent the two weeks exploring as much as possible and planning for the family visit.  Prague is probably the most beautiful city we have visited.  The architecture is amazing and the area of the old city is hardly changed from the 15th and 16th century.  We would recommend anyone having the opportunity to visit Prague.  I will let the attached pictures do the speaking for me.

                         View from our first apartment, overlooking a beautiful small park

                                  View of the Prague Castle from the famous Charles Bridge

                               The restaurants lining the side of the river near the Charles Bridge

Gate to the town coming from the Charles Bridge, this was part of the old walls of the fortified Prague

                                         One of the many canals off the Charles Bridge

                                                   View from our first apartment

                      Small sidewalk cafe, there are hundreds of these small cafe all over the city. 

                            Astronomical clock in the town hall at the Old Town Square

                      Old Town Square, the center of the old city, one of Europe's largest squares.

Sam loves this picture, this is a guy that dresses up like a security guard and tries to direct traffic and organize parking.  We have seen him all over town but we don't think he is working in an official capacity as most of the time we see him asleep.

                                                    View from our first apartment

Girls in the window of our second apartment that looks out on a small square just off the Old Town Square.

Charles Bridge, it has towers on each end and a long series of religious statues that were suppose to lead the faithful to church.

                                       Organ in one of the churches at the Prague Castle

                                             Girls hamming it up in the Prague Castle

                             Grandad and the girls at the bell tower in the Prague Castle

                                                     The armour display in the Castle

                                        View from the Monastery near the Prague Castle.