Prague is beautiful

With a sparkling river, patches of trees and hills throughout, orange roofs, and spires protruding all over; Prague really is gorgeous. It is the most beautiful city we've seen so far in my opinion. There is a great diversity of landscape and architecture throughout. It is the first city we've been to that has any sort of hills, which not only frames the city in the valley, but also makes for some beautiful spots to sit and admire from.

We spent our days here mostly just wandering and enjoying the citys beauty. Prague was mostly untouched by WWII because hitler had wanted to make it his cultural capital once he had conquered all of europe. He also intended to make the Jewish quarter (which we will visit today before we head to Munich) into a museum to an extinct race of people. Following WWII, Prague fell under communist rule for 30+ years. during this time, Prague was a dark and dreary place. Unable to display it's true beauty until the reign of communism was lifted.

But alas, hitler didn't win, communisum fell, and thankfully we are now free to stroll through such beautiful places as Prague castle, old town square and the Charles bridge. Locals will tell you that Prague was built to be the beauty that it is today, and it was just waiting for an opportunity to blossom. It is now one of the busiest tourist destinations for both Europeans and international visitors alike, and for good reason. If you have a chance to see Europe, make sure that Prague is on your list of cities to see. Words really do not do the sights here justice, so I will let pictures tell the story (Greg will post them soon)

-The bear