November 19, 2005

We had our first snow of the season here in Prague. As the day wore on, most of the snow melted and it could just be seen in parks, on cars and on rooftops. More snow is in the forecast for the next few days. As a photographer, I hope there are a [...]  

Last couple of days I have been in Prague. On Thursday the family I am staying with took me around several places of note: * Went to Bethelem Chapel where Jan Hus was the preacher before being burnt at the stake in Constance for preaching about the need for a reformation of the Catholic Church. * The Jewish quarter where Jews lived until the second world war and * The place where students demonstrated in 1989 on the 16th of July 1989 leading to the end of communist rule in the Czech Republic.  

near the Charles Bridge in Prague. This must have had-literally- hundreds ofthousands of snaps taken of it over the years by tourists like me. What's another one eh?