Prague - November 2010

A few more pictures from the trip to Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Turkey. This time the photos are from Prague.

The city, like Budapest, is crossed by a river, the Vltava. The east part of town is where we find the Old Town (Staré Mesto) and the New Town (Nove Mesto). It is also the most crowded with tourists. This is where you can find the famous astronomical clock, the Jewish quarter, with the oldest synagogue in Europe, the cafes and restaurants, the main shopping streets. On the other hand there is the Prague Castle, at the top of the hill, and the Lesser Town (Mala Strana), best preserved historic district of the city.

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Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic - November 2010

We're almost there! By the end of this week the blog will be up to date, I hope so...

Meanwhile, a few more pictures of the trip. This time, here are pictures of Cesky Krumlov. This is a small town in southern Czech Republic, listed by UNESCO as World Heritage Site. Surrounded by the river Vltava, the one which crosses Prague, the city has remained virtually unchanged (some restoration here and there, after a major flood in 2002) since medieval times. Even the hotel we stayed in was a Jesuit monastery dated from 13th century.

This was also the colder place throughout the trip. It was still fall and the thermometers marked -2 °C. Wonderful!

 The Castle

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Budapest - November 2010

As promised, the photos from my last trip. I´ll Start with Budapest, a beautiful and nice city.


For those who do not know, Budapest is composed of three small cities that have joined together, Buda, Obuda and Pest. The first two are on one side of the river Danube and Peste is on the other side.

Pest

 Paris Galery. Look at the wood art work

 St Stephen's Cathedral

 The big square in frnt of the cathedral

 Buda, from Lanchid (Chains) Bridge

 Buda's castle

 Inside the castle, Mathias Church

 The Parliament, Pest, seem from Buda's Castle

 Hero's Square

 Városliget Park

 Anonymus at Városliget Park

 Opera house

 Gerbeaud Cafe, in Pest

 Liberty Square

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