PR49a.jpg=Czech Republic, Prague. Some of the old wooden gates of buildings near the Old Town square.
DSC07640.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Views from the Old Town hall clock tower.
DSC08088.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. The Jan Hus Monument, in the centre of the  Old Town square.
DSC07560.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Sight seeing tours near the Old Town square.
DSC07556.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. One of many ornate buildings facing onto the  Old Town square.
DSC08062.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. The avenue of Wenceslas Square.
DSC07661.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Funicular viewed from the Old Town hall clock tower.
DSC07700.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. At the end of our first day we descended the longest escalator we'd experienced, to travel back "home" on the Metro.
DSC07536.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. We travelled into the city centre on the Metro underground. The carriages are quite different to others we've seen; very square box shaped, but clean and comfortable and importantly we never waited more than 5 minutes for a train.
DSC08093.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Josefov, the area to the north of the Old Town Square.
DSC08044.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Art shown in the Museum of Communism was by artists who were allowed to paint as long as the subject favourably depicted Stalin's doctrine.
PR114.jpg=Czech Republic, Prague. The Old-New Synagogue (left), and the Klausen Synagogue.
DSC07596.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. T�n Church.
PR48a.jpg=Czech Republic, Prague. Side entry to T�n Church
DSC07619.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Buskers on the Old Town square.
PR06.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. St Nicholas Church alter. (panorama)
PR01.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. The baroque St Nicholas Church (1730's) in the Old Town square. (panorama)
DSC07642.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Views from the Old Town hall clock tower.
DSC08084.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Market stalls near the avenue of Wenceslas Square.
PR107.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Josefov, the area to the north of the Old Town Square. The building beside the Old-New Synagogue.
DSC07537.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. When we first arrived in the city centre we saw these two modified VW's advertising a coffee shop.
DSC08132.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Near M�stek Metro station.
DSC07579.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Some of the ornate buildings facing onto the  Old Town square.
PR05.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Inside St Nicholas Church (1730's). (panorama)
PR02.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. The baroque St Nicholas Church (1730's) in the Old Town square. (panorama)
PR54.jpg=Czech Republic, Prague. Ornate art work on the front of the building to the right in the last picture.
PR13.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Views from the Old Town hall clock tower. (panorama)
PR28.jpg=Czech Republic, Prague. Inside St Nicholas Church (1730's).
DSC07543.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. In the city centre, near Staromestske Nam (Old Town square)
PR09.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. The Old Town square. Town Hall on the left and St Nicolas Church on the right. (panorama)
PR119.jpg=Czech Republic, Prague phone in the Communism era museum
PR116.jpg=Czech Republic, Prague. Concert hall (left) near M�stek Metro station.
DSC07611.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Some of the ornate buildings facing onto the  Old Town square.
DSC07641.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Views from the Old Town hall clock tower.
PR11.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Ornately decorated buildings around the Old Town hall. (panorama)
DSC08075.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. The avenue of Wenceslas Square.
PR101.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Entry to the Museum of Communism and the casino. (panorama)
DSC07664.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Old Town hall clock tower unusual elevator shaft.
DSC08087.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Big crowds are entertained with the Old Town hall clock chiming on the hour with a parade of apostles and a bell ringing skeleton.
PR105.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Buildings along the avenue of Wenceslas Square. (panorama)
DSC08105.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Josefov, the Old-New Synagogue and the Jewish Town Hall.
DSC08078.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. The avenue of Wenceslas Square.
DSC08028.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. The Museum of Communism. The doctrine introduced by Stalin revolved around a society whose focus was on industrial production. This is a display of the idealistic "workers" tools
PR07.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Inside St Nicholas Church (1730's). (panorama)
PR103.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. The National Museum (1885-1890) is a new-rennaisance style building at the top of the avenue of Wenceslas Square. (panorama)
DSC07630.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. More entertainers busking near the Old Town hall.
PR112.jpg=Czech Republic, Prague. The Museum of Communism statues of Lenin (left) and Karl Marx
DSC07678.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Unusual (recent) decorative glass inside the Old Town hall.
PR57.jpg=Czech Republic, Prague. Ornate inlayed timber doors in the Old Town hall.
PR52a.jpg=Czech Republic, Prague. The Old Town hall clock tower
DSC07588.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. T�n Church
PR104.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Buildings along the avenue of Wenceslas Square. (panorama)
DSC07689.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Buildings near the Manesov bridge.
PR113.jpg=Czech Republic, Prague. In front of the National Museum is the statue of St Wenceslas on horseback
PR108.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Concert hall near M�stek Metro station. (panorama)
PR27.jpg=Czech Republic, Prague. The baroque St Nicholas Church (1730's) in the Old Town square.
PR53a.jpg=Czech Republic, Prague. Ornately decorated buildings around the Old Town hall.
PR102.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Buildings along the avenue of Wenceslas Square. (panorama)
DSC07607.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Entry to T�n Church is through a building in front.
DSC07694.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Vltava river front beside the Manesov bridge.
PR20.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Buildings near the Manesov bridge. (panorama)
PR50a.jpg=Czech Republic, Prague. Some of the old entry gates of buildings near the Old Town square.
DSC08080.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. The avenue of Wenceslas Square.
PR56.jpg=Czech Republic, Prague. Views from the Old Town hall clock tower.
DSC08074.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. The avenue of Wenceslas Square.
DSC07660.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Views from the Old Town hall clock tower.
DSC07613.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Czech refreshments at lunch time.
PR106.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Josefov, the area to the north of the Old Town Square was once  the city's Jewish Quarter.
DSC08117.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Josefov, the area to the north of the Old Town Square.
DSC08121.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Josefov, the area to the north of the Old Town Square.
DSC07646.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Buildings facing the Old Town square, including T�n Church. Viewed from the town hall clock tower.
DSC07643.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Views from the Old Town hall clock tower.
DSC08094.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Josefov, the area to the north of the Old Town Square.
MapEast.jpg=Czech Republic, Prague. Map shows the area circled that is in this slide show.
DSC07690.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Buildings near the Manesov bridge.
DSC07701.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Our temporary "home" is surrounded by flats; few houses in this area.
DSC07567.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Inside St Nicholas Church (1730's).
DSC07615.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. One of many ornate buildings near the Old Town Hall.
DSC07639.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. The Old Town hall clock tower chimes on the hour with a parade of apostles and a bell ringing skeleton.
DSC08126.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Near M�stek Metro station.
DSC08123.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Josefov, park and monument next to the Old-New Synagogue and the Jewish Town Hall.
DSC07657.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Views from the Old Town hall clock tower.
DSC08079.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. The avenue of Wenceslas Square.
DSC07566.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Inside St Nicholas Church (1730's).
PR17.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Ceiling/wall decorations inside the Old Town hall. (panorama)
DSC07695.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Vltava river front beside the Manesov bridge.
DSC08073.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. The avenue of Wenceslas Square.
PR03.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Buildings facing the Old Town square, including T�n Church. (panorama)
DSC07540.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. In the city centre, near Staromestske Nam (Old Town square)
DSC08045.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Field phone in the Communism era museum.
PR08.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. The Old Town square. Town Hall on the right. (panorama)
PR16.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Views from the Old Town hall clock tower. (panorama)
PR18.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Ceiling/wall decorations inside the Old Town hall. (panorama)
DSC07546.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. The twin Gothic spires of T�n Church (1365) dominate the Old Town square.
DSC08106.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. A tourism Skoda convertible near the Old-New Synagogue.
PR58.jpg=Czech Republic, Prague. Ornate inlayed timber doors surrounded by marble in the Old Town hall.
PR51a.jpg=Czech Republic, Prague. Some of the ornate buildings near the  Old Town square.
PR117.jpg=Czech Republic, Prague. Ornate stonework on buildings facing the Old Town square.
PR12.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Ornately decorated buildings around the Old Town hall. (panorama)
DSC07647.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. The Jan Hus Monument, in the centre of the  Old Town square. Viewed from the town hall clock tower.
DSC08076.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. The avenue of Wenceslas Square.
PR109.jpg=Czech Republic, Prague. Ornate balconies on buildings near Wenceslas Square
DSC08069.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. The National Museum fountain.
PR115.jpg=Czech Republic, Prague. Josefov, the area to the north of the Old Town Square.
PR21.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Charles Bridge viewed from the Manesov bridge. (panorama)
DSC08104.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Josefov, the area to the north of the Old Town Square.
DSC07545.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. In the city centre, near Staromestske Nam (Old Town square)
DSC07677.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Inside the Old Town hall.
DSC07558.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. In the centre of the  Old Town square is the Jan Hus Monument erected in 1915 on the 500th anniversary of the religious reformer's execution.
DSC08122.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Josefov, the Old-New Synagogue and the Jewish Town Hall.
PR111.jpg=Czech Republic, Prague. The Museum of Communism. The captions are "We are building communism, we unmask the saboteurs and enemies of the republic, we are strengthening the front of peace". "Peace to Korea! Victory to Korean people in their fight for freedom and independance".
DSC07538.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. When we first arrived in the city centre we saw these two modified VW's advertising a coffee shop. This one complete with "bullet holes".
DSC08020.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. In the Museum of Communism, this image is of the huge 35metre monument to Stalin that took the first five years of the 1950s to build and was unveiled after Stalin's death . It was demolished in 1962, 6 years after Nikita Kruschev's revelation of Stalin's crimes.
DSC08082.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. The avenue of Wenceslas Square.
DSC07649.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. The baroque St Nicholas Church (1730's) in the Old Town square. Viewed from the town hall clock tower.
DSC08046.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Art shown in the Museum of Communism was by artists who were allowed to paint as long as the subject favourably depicted Stalin's doctrine.
PR24.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Our temporary "home" is surrounded by flats; few houses in this area. (panorama)
PR04.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Inside St Nicholas Church with it's enormous chandelier. (panorama)
DSC08047.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague 1938 phone in the Communism era museum
DSC08136.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Somewhat ironic that the Museum of Communism is in this beautiful building tucked in behind McDonald's.
PR100.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Buildings near Wenceslas Square. (panorama)
DSC07691.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Vltava river cruise boats near the Manesov bridge.
PR122.jpg=Czech Republic, Prague. Josefov, the old Jewish cemetary
DSC08103.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Building near the Old-New Synagogue.
DSC08061.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. The avenue of Wenceslas Square.
PR29.jpg=Czech Republic, Prague. Inside St Nicholas Church (1730's).
PR55.jpg=Czech Republic, Prague. Ornate art work on the front of the building to the right.
PR118.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. One of many ornate buildings facing onto the  Old Town square.
DSC07648.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. One of many ornate buildings facing onto the  Old Town square.
PR110.jpg=Czech Republic, Prague phone booth in the Communism era museum
DSC07658.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Views from the Old Town hall clock tower.
PR19.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Ceiling/wall decorations inside the Old Town hall. (panorama)
PR123.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Prague castle viewed from the Old Town hall clock tower. (panorama)
DSC08137.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Flats around our temporary "home".
PR26.jpg=Czech Republic, Prague. Phone booths in the city centre.
PR120.jpg=Czech Republic, Prague. Much of the Museum of Communism is about anti capitalist propaganda, particularly directed at the USA
DSC07702.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. Flats around our temporary "home".
DSC08057.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. The avenue of Wenceslas Square.
PR30.jpg=Czech Republic, Prague. Street scenes around the Old Town square. The building on the right houses the entry to T�n Church.
PR10.JPG=Czech Republic, Prague. One of many ornate buildings near the Old Town Hall. (panorama)
