Friday September 21st-Prague

Friday we went saw a bunch of Jewish synagogues and a Jewish cemetery.  After lunch we saw the Prague castle.  It is a huge complex that has a beautiful church called St. Vitus in the middle of it.  We climbed up one of the tall towers of the church and could see all of Prague from the top.  We spent most of the day exploring all of the different buildings on the castle grounds.  They had a cool armor exhibit and a weapons exhibit.

 Prague has a big population of Jews.  A lot of them died in WWII concentration camps. This church was called Pinkas Synagogue and all the names of those that died were written by hand on the walls. 

 A wall with names of Jews who died in WWII written on it.

 The Jews were only allowed one cemetery in Prague so they had to bury their family members 7 or 8 to a plot.

Klausen Synagogue 

Spanish Synagogue

Organ in the Spanish Synagogue

Crown in the Spanish Synagogue

Maisel Synagogue

Inside Maisel Synagogue 

Lunch

Kirt had nocchi 

 Entrance of the Prague Castle complex


Changing of the guard at Prague Castle

 St Vitus Cathedral that was in the Castle complex

 Inside St. Vitus

 We climbed up the tower of St Vitus and had a beautiful view of the city.

 Apartments in the Castle complex

 St George's church, another church in the castle complex

 Inside some of the living quarters of the castle complex

Bookshelf in the living quarter

Coat of arms painted on the ceiling and walls of the living quarter

 Model of the entire castle complex

 Suits of armor

I thought this one was funny because it looking like a bird

Suits of armor and weapons.  The weapons all had dual purposes.  Like some were axes with a gun on them, or a sword with a gun on it.

Torture instruments

More views of the beautiful city

Lennon wall. Once a normal wall, since the 1980s it has been filled with John Lennon-inspired graffiti and pieces of lyrics from Beatles' songs. In 1988, the wall was a source of irritation for the communist regime. The wall continuously undergoes change and the original portrait of Lennon is long lost under layers of new paint. Even when the wall was repainted by some authorities, by the next day it was again full of poems and flowers. Today, the wall represents a symbol of global ideals such as love and peace.

Our Air B & B in Prague

Kirt's dinner-Kebob's