Wednesday in Prague

nobody@vox.com(pamelahornik) — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:44:29 -0700

Woke up early to go on a tour of Terezin. On our way to meet the tour we miraculously happened upon the National Gallery that we had been searching for yesterday (not worth the search).

Prague National Gallery

We spent most of our day on an amazing tour of Terezin Ghetto through Wittman Tours. Our tour guide was a survivor of Terezin and Auschwitz. His stories were horrifying and fascinating. This was a life changing tour. Truly amazing. Here is the spot where transport trains came in and out of Terezin distributing Jews from throughout Europe to the many Nazi death camps.

Terezin

By the time we got back to Prague we only had enough time for dinner before a symphony concert. We considered our options and ended up at the same Indian restaurant, Rasoi, for the third night in a row.

After dinner we headed over to the Municipal House to hear the Prague Symphony. They performed Beethoven's Eroica symphony, which was amazing.

Before the Symphony

At the Symphony

We are now getting ready to head home tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing the kids.

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Tuesday in Prague

nobody@vox.com(pamelahornik) — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:52:38 -0700

Slow start to a rainy day. After a block in the rain, we turned back to the hotel to catch a taxi to the Prague National Museum. Two problems. One, the National Museum is closed on the first Tuesday of every month. And two, we didn't actually want to go to the National Museum, we wanted to go to the National Gallery. So after a few minutes in the pouring rain pondering our options, we headed underground to brave Prague's subway system. Small problem number three, we never actually figured out how to pay for the underground. Good thing we weren't stopped by the police.

Back from Nowhere

We did find our way back on the subway thanks to David's impressive navigating skills. The rain subsided. And we headed to the old Jewish quarter. We don't have any photos because it was too depressing to photograph -- tens of thousands of names of murdered Jews from Prague were written on the temple wall. There were no Horniks, but there were Hornigs and Gorniks. And lots and lots of Julius's -- reminded us of Julian.

The afternoon was spent wandering the city, combating the elements.

Looking at Map -- again

We tried to do some shopping but were not particularly successful. Not even a shopaholic like myself could come up with much to buy.

Marionette Capital of the World

On our way back to the hotel we finally found the Franz Kafka memorial (very strange). Tomorrow we are taking a tour of Terezin. Not sure if we'll be in the mood for a concert when we return, but we have tickets to the Prague Symphony.

Kafka Memorial

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