Dobrý den Praha, what a city!

That's 'hello Prague', and it did greet us well on the start of our 6-city trip!

The four of us have wandered this city up and down as best we could in four days. We saw a TON of Old Town Square and the surrounding area of Old Town, more than any other area. Our hostel was just east of the square. There is really too much to describe, from the crazy clock tower (Prague Astronomical Clock, parts of which were built in 1410 and 1490) to the Jewish Quarter, Charles Bridge and Prague Castle. Prague Castle just so happens to be the biggest castle in the world, it looks awesome. Quite a lot of films have been shot here (and very often passed off as being cities other than Prague). I'm told the city of Prague is beginning to charge for rights to shoot films here from now on there are so many requests.

I learned an interesting word on our tour of Prague Castle, defenerate. Not too common of a word, as it's underlined in red as I type it. It means to throw something (or in this case, someone) out of a window. Oh the Hapsburgs. I guess a few people got tossed out of a three or so story window at some point, landing on a big pile of manure (so as not to kill them), as a form of public embarrassment. We felt a new word could be added to the English language for throwing someone off a balcony as well: balconstrate was suggested. I thought that was at least worth noting...

I may share a few more stories about the city in my next post, we shall see, but for now I'm getting ready to leave and move on to Amsterdam for another three days!