View from Charles Bridge

Prague

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August 30th 2011
Prague is one of Europe's most beautiful cities ... a big part of it due to it not being bombed to bits in the 2nd European conflagaration of the 20th century. Prague is a wonderful walking city. We got disoriented the first day, and end up taking the long way to the old city ... but from then on, we quickly learnt all the short cuts to the various sites we wanted to visit. ... read more

Europe » Czech Republic » Prague » Old Town

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Following the First World War, the closely related Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to form Czechoslovakia. During the interwar years, the new country's leaders were frequently preoccupied with meeting the demands of ot... ... read more