Prague

On January 1^st, our friend Wolf from Dresden was kind enough to drive us across the border to Prague, Czech Republic. We spent a whole day there, walking around and using a combination of Wolf’s knowledge and the Trip Advisor app to explore the city. 

  We went from the beautiful main square, over the famous Charles Bridge, and up to the castle grounds.  The grounds were full of beautiful buildings. We especially loved St. Vitus Cathedral, which dates back to the 14th century. Also on the grounds, we strolled down the ¨Golden Lane¨, which contained many miniature houses. Rachel was glad to find a house that was her size. :) Nobody is sure of the real purpose of these small houses, but most believe that they were used for the Emperor's guards, or for his alchemists who claimed to be able to convert ordinary metals into gold. Being on top of the hill, we had beautiful views of the city, and could try to count all the towers we saw, since Prague is known as ¨the golden city of a hundred towers¨.

We enjoyed walking through the old town, seeing the Jewish cemetery, eating at an underground vegetarian restaurant, and of course, soaking up our last Christmas market of the season in the beautiful square in the center of the city!

Although our time was short, we loved what we saw in the time we had. Prague was the great way to kick off the new year.