I recently went to visit my friend Joanna from GW who is currently living in Prague, Czech Republic. The golden city didn't suffer a lot of damage during WWII like a number of other European cities. Consequently, Prague still has a lot of beautiful, old architecture. Walking around the city feels like you are in a living fairy tale. The first thing I did was tour the Jewish quarter. Prague was known for its influential Jewish community and the area is full of breathtaking synagogues. Unfortunately, much of the community was disrupted during Nazi occupation during WWII. The concentration camp Terezin was located just outside the city. After the Jewish quarter, I spent the remainder of my afternoon walking around old town. I eventually sat down in a cute park where I had an interesting conversation
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