The Czech Republic.

THIS IS ONE OF FOUR ARTICLES I HAVE POSTED ON MY PARTICIPATION IN A 24-DAY ELDERHOSTEL PROGRAM IN SEPTEMBER 2003 WHICH INCLUDED VISITS TO POLAND, CZECH REPUBLIC, AND HUNGARY. I AM PUBLISHING PHOTOS AND WRITING A STORY INDIVIDUALLY UNDER FOUR LOCATIONS: (1) WARSAW, POLAND; (2)CRACOW(CRACKOW/KRAKOW?), POLAND; (3) PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC; AND (4) BUDAPEST, HUNGARY. FOUR NIGHTS WERE SPENT IN EACH OF THE POLISH CITIES, AND SEVEN NIGHTS WERE SPENT IN EACH OF THE OTHER TWO CITIES. YOU CAN FIND THE OTHER ARTICLES BY GOING TO MY HOMEPAGE AT: ... (more)

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Prague-St. Vitas Cathedral towers
St. Vitus's Cathedral covers an area 407 feet long and 97 feet...

Prague-front of St. Vitas Cathedral
The rose window viewed from inside shows scenes from the biblical...

Prague-St. Vitas Cathedral archway/door
Visitors enter the cathedral through the portal in the western facade,...

Prague-St. Vitas Cathedral door arch
Visitors enter the cathedral through the portal in the western facade,...

Prague-St. Vitas Cathedral towers
The third courtyard is the center of castle life with the cathedral...

Prague-St. Vitas Cathedral side view
A granite obelisk, 55 feet tall, is a memorial to the dead of World...

Prague-St. Vitas Cathedral bell tower
The cathedral's most prominent feature is the tower which is 300...

Prague-St. Vitas Cathedral bell tower
In addition to probably the best view of the 300-feet-tall bell tower in...

Prague-St. Vitas Cathedral Last Judgment
Above the three portals on the south side of the cathedral is a 14th-century...

Prague-inside St. Vitus's Cathedral
This is just one more example of the decorations inside the cathedral.

Prague-St. Vitas Cathedral chancel
The flying buttresses surrounding the exterior of the nave and chancel...

Prague-St. Vitas Cathedral St. John tomb
The tomb of St. John Nepomuk was crafted of solid silver in 1736. St....

Prague-Cathedral stained-glass window
This is one of many stained-glass windows in St. Vitus's Cathedral.

Prague-St. Vitas Cathedral stained glass
The sun caused the colors of the stained-glass window to blend...

Prague-Castle's St. George's Basilica
Overshadowed by the cathedral in the third courtyard, St. George's...

Prague-St. George's Basilica interior
St. George's Basilica is considered the best preserved Romanesque...

Prague-city view from castle overlook
We had a great view of the city from an area near the castle entrance....

Prague-city view from castle overlook
Prague's multitude of architectural styles was evident as we...

Prague-city view from castle overlook
Prague, seen as we used the sloping walkway of 100 steps at the left of the...

Prague-National Gallery
The National Gallery uses the Trade Fair Palace, about a block from the Park...

Prague-Park Hotel
Our seven-night stay in Prague was at the Park Hotel on the edge of Stromovka...

Prague-buildings and tram by Park Hotel
The Park Hotel, where we stayed seven nights, is well located on a...

Czech Republic-Can you interpret this?
A sign in Czech near our rest stop enroute between Brague and Budapest.

Czech Republic-the My Hotel in Lednice
The My Hotel in Lednice was our lunchstop in the Czech Republic on our way to...

Czech Republic-McDonald's is everywhere

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article published 10/7/2003

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Thanks so much for your excellent history of Czech Republic and what you saw, I was envious, as I've been there twice but didnt take in all that you did, or learn as much! Great job!!
— Eleanor Robb, May 3, 2009

Many nice photos, though the lawn-gnomes looked evil to me.
— Clay Sneller, August 24, 2004

DON'T MISS OLD TOWN HALL TOWER CLOCK
COMMENT FROM THIS SITE'S AUTHOR!! Watching the parade of characters appear as the Old Town Hall Tower clock strikes the hour is a must see attraction. I'm sorry I took only slides of it. The current mechanism of the clock was perfected about 1560. Below the mechanical clock are an astronomical clock and a calendar.
— Jim & Diane Tanner, February 21, 2004

Frd & Ginger
The architect of this building is Frank Gehry, the architect of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao Spain and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
— Anna Rundle, January 19, 2004