I woke with a plan …but first I had to wash.
As I waited for laundry I visited a great cafe and had a waffle, which is new for me since coming over to Europe. One thing to mention in regards to breakfast: the coffee is so much better over here, it maybe the thing I miss most when all said and done.
After breakfast I started my day visiting the Old Jewish Quarter of Prague which includes several synagogues, a museum, and the old cemetery. The cemetery is really unique because it’s been there since the middle ages and holds something like 100,000 people. This is a small area for so many and the ground is built up and undulating as the people kept building on top of grave sites. The area is also home to one of the oldest synagogues in Eastern Europe, pictured below.
On my way to the Jewish Quarter I passed a free gallery that was mentioned to me and decided to check it out. It was figure sculptures reinterpreted which was interesting but the building was really magnificent, it’s an old opera house.
In the afternoon I visited Národní muzeum or National Museum which is in a crazy palace that is precede by at Wencelses Square, a long corridor with shops and hotels on each side.
Next door to this museum is the archaeology museum. One ticket will get you into a few different museums, including this one, so I stopped in. It was about the Celts in the Bohemia area. Following that I decided to try and see the National Monument at Vitkov, the site is a symbol of Czechoslovakia independence. It is built upon a very large hill where you can see much of the city.
That does it for Prague. I’d like to go back, I’d really like to see more of Eastern Europe, there is a vibe to the area that is unique and difficult to describe.
Next I’ll be in Switzerland. My plan there is to mostly be outdoors since my knee is doing better.
Going East 