This photo journal, the next one in my Hungary/Prague series, features the apartment we rented, right smack dab in the middle of the old town, & some buildings & sights in the immediate area, including a street market.
Czech Christmas traditions: The big day is Christmas Eve December 24th. That’s the day they serve their Christmas dinner which is the most festive dinner of the year. Christmas dinner consists of CARP and potato salad, sometimes preceded by mushroom, sauerkraut or fish soup. The carp are raised in man
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Location of our apartment
"1" is our apartment location on Jungmannova Street....
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Our apartment building is the green one.
There was a 24 hour (non-stop) confectionery on the street level. When...
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Closeup. Our apartment was on the top
floor at the back. There was a small elevator. One web site you can check for...
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Our living room
The tall narrow apartment had the living room/kitchen & 1/2...
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Our kitchen.
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Spiral staircase to the 2nd floor
Kinda tricky if you're taking luggage up & down. CArol did mine ;o)
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The alcove upstairs
with sleeping room for one or 2 more people.
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Full bath, with bidet, upstairs.
The front loading washing machine was in the downstairs 1/2 bath.
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Carol's room
The bedrooms were huge & included settees that could be used for more beds.
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Her huge bed
They were big & comfy with cozy duvets.
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My room, also huge.
There were 2 settees in my room.
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My huge bad that could sleep a soccer
team, almost LOL
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We had neat roof windows ;o)
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Different angle
looking toward the Old Town Square which was nearby.
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Carol & I looking at each other
through our roof windows ;o) That tall church is the Gothic Church of...
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The building had a car elevator
at the back ;o)
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Pasha Kebab, the great Turkish diner
right across the street. We ate there several times. Carol thought...
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The menu
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One of the donairs.
Note the bun which was really yummy. According to my researach, it might have...
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Statue of Josef Yungmann
beside the Mustek metro station near us. Josef Jungmann (1773 - 1847) was a...
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The eye-catching Hotel Adria (ad),
located on the famous Wenceslas Square, occupies a building dates back to the...
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ad2 - This hotel was our local landmark
when we lost our bearings, especially after exiting the metro. We finally...
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ad3 - the masterpiece at the top
of the hotel.
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ad4 - their unique theater entrance
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ad5 - Theater mezzanine
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Eastern Europe
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