Prague

Two trips so far  :  July 2003 in a sweltering heat and March 2007 in freezing cold!

Prague, 07/2003 Charles Bridge - Symbol of Prague	Prague, 07/2003 I had to have a picture with my favorite desainted saint - St Christopher	Prague, 07/2003 The Prague Castle	Prague, 07/2003 Entrance to the Castle	Prague, 07/2003 General view from the castle
Prague, 07/2003	Prague, 07/2003 St. Vitus Cathedral	Prague, 07/2003	Prague, 07/2003	Prague, 07/2003 Part of the castle - gentility of the Middle Ages
Prague, 07/2003 Nerudova Street - named after the 19th century Czech writer and journalist Jan Neruda.	Prague, 07/2003 Houses were identified with images until 19th century. This is the famous fiddle house that belonged to violin makers	Prague, 07/2003 and a few more of the signs...	Prague, 07/2003	Prague, 07/2003
Prague, 07/2003 Old Town Square	Prague, 07/2003 One of many, many churches that makes Prague so special.	Prague, 07/2003	Prague, 07/2003 Statue of Charles IV - Holy Roman Emeror and King of Bohemia (1316-1378)

March 2007

We were back in Prague again as Stephan had an IETF meeting.  So while he worked I walked and walked and took about 1000 Pictures.  I did everything we had done 4 years before and more.  So here is a selection of the architecture, the statues and the spires.

Buildings around Old Town Square

The Powder Tower ( Prašná brána) is a Gothic tower in Prague, Czech Republic and one of the old city gates. It is one of the symbols of Prague, leading into the Old Town.

The Lennon Wall.  It has all kinds of depictions of John Lennon and graffiti inspired by him.  It changes all the time and layer over layer of new paint decorates it.  This is what it looked in 2007.

St. George slaying the dragon [below left] and gargoyles on St. Vitus cathedral in Prague Castle [below right].

Flying buttresses.

Nerudova Street

The spires of Our Lady before Tyn.  The view from outside the Old Town Square.

The Municipal House - a Concert Hall

And finally our nerds and their laptops in the lobby of the hotel.  This is a common sight wherever the conference may be but the hotel elevators this time gave the best view.