Back to Where We Started: Prague, Czech Republic

From Berlin we took the train to Prague... btw, German trains are awesome! They are new, clean, and very comfortable. I wish all the trains we took were this good. Second time around in Prague was a much better experience. The weather cooperated and except for an afternoon shower (during our walking tour of Prague), it was sunny and nice.

Here are some of the places we got to besides the main tourist attractions: the Czech Cubism art museum, the dancing building in New Town, Letna Park, etc.

This is the Dancing building in the newer part of Prague (picture the curved building is the woman leaning against the man, the straight building)

Stairway at the House of Black Madonna where the Czech Cubism Museum is located

The Grand Orient Cafe in the same building... a nice place to get away from the tourist crowds

The John Lennon Imagine Wall

People started to write graffiti on the wall when John Lennon died. The communist government would white wash the walls everyday, but people would fill up the wall again at night. It was a way for people to express their desire for freedom and democracy. Pretty cool story.

We even got a day trip to Karlstejn Castle, a small fairy-tale like castle. It's not a big castle and the town is very small as well so it was a nice leisurely day trip.

View of valley from the castle

Funny sign at the castle right before the entrance

4 short days in Prague and then back to the US for a few weeks before the next phase of our trip. I can't believe the first 2 months is almost over. At least there's still 7 more months of travel ahead of us, otherwise I'd b really depressed.