Why Prague, beautiful city, cheap beer, food etc great for a break. Stayed for 4 nights this time, will now record 4 days of the action and events.
I found this site for all resturants and details so made planning very eas
www.mapy.cz/#mm=ZP@sa=s@st=s@ssq=praha%20k%C5%99emencova%207@sss=1@ssp=120705957_122357633_150393765_149833601@x=133028656@y=135957904@z=16]Prague
Cannot recommend this hotel enough, close to all the action, but set in a peaceful location
www.hotelconstans.cz/
For cheap lunches and where all the specials are on check this site
www.lunchtime.cz/restaurace/praha/ then all you do is pick your area and then click on the menus,easy
Day 1
Hotel checked, so its out and about, left out of the hotel , down the hill past the american embassy, and then across Charles bridge, still the same no change, quick tour of the old town square, stood with the crowds on the hour to watch the clock, then a quick meal at U Vejvodù on Jilska 4th Street which was 3 minutes from the square,http://www.restauraceuvejvodu.cz/?page=home&lang=CZ
Nice walk back over the Bridge and called into a little cellar bar on the left hand side cheap beer and wine, and then around the corner into Murphys, for the last couple, this became our local
http://www.jjmurphys.cz/
Day 2
Up early day planned slow walk down to Kampa Island, then along the river bank to Jiraskuv Most bridge, http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Czech_Republic/Hlavni_Mesto_Praha/Prague-400455/Things_To_Do-Prague-Dancing_House-BR-1.html
Admired the dancing house, took the usual photo, then just on 500 yards was my main visit, as I am into German history was A new permanent exhibition to the memory of those who participated in the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in 1942 has opened. The small, but very in depth display maps the Czechoslovak resistance movement against the Nazis and includes photographs and memorabilia from the time. There are also films showing on TV screens and backgrounds into the seven paratroopers who participated in the mission. The Orthodox Church in which the exhibition is housed was built in honour of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, the men responsible for the Slavonic alphabet. However, the
church gained its fame because of what happened here at 04:10 on the morning of June 18, 1942 when the Nazis had discovered that the seven Czech parachutists involved in the assassination of Reichsprotektor Heydrich were hiding in the crypt.
The west side of Karlovo námìstí was cordoned off by 800 troops from the SS and the Gestapo. Three of the soldiers died as the SS stormed the church. The remaining four fought on. After hours of shooting and a long stand-off which led to the Germans deciding to literally flush them out, they used their last bullets on each other. The bullet-scarred exterior wall holds a plaque in honour of their bravery.
Where is it The National Memorial to the Heroes of the Heydrich Terror - A Place of Reconciliation. The Orthodox Cathedral of Ss. Cyril and Methodus, Praha 2, Resslova/Na Zderaze, 224 91 61 00,
http://www.pravoslavnacirkev.cz/
Unfortuntally the Memorial is closed on a Monday as are alot of the other venues, so returned on Day 4
From here it was a short walk around the corner to the brewery called U Fleku see review at http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Czech_Republic/Hlavni_Mesto_Praha/Prague-400455/Restaurants-Prague-U_Fleku-BR-1.html
Brewery was closed so spent 2 hours sampling the local brew.
more to follow
I found this site for all resturants and details so made planning very eas
www.mapy.cz/#mm=ZP@sa=s@st=s@ssq=praha%20k%C5%99emencova%207@sss=1@ssp=120705957_122357633_150393765_149833601@x=133028656@y=135957904@z=16]Prague
Cannot recommend this hotel enough, close to all the action, but set in a peaceful location
www.hotelconstans.cz/
For cheap lunches and where all the specials are on check this site
www.lunchtime.cz/restaurace/praha/ then all you do is pick your area and then click on the menus,easy
Day 1
Hotel checked, so its out and about, left out of the hotel , down the hill past the american embassy, and then across Charles bridge, still the same no change, quick tour of the old town square, stood with the crowds on the hour to watch the clock, then a quick meal at U Vejvodù on Jilska 4th Street which was 3 minutes from the square,http://www.restauraceuvejvodu.cz/?page=home&lang=CZ
Nice walk back over the Bridge and called into a little cellar bar on the left hand side cheap beer and wine, and then around the corner into Murphys, for the last couple, this became our local
http://www.jjmurphys.cz/
Day 2
Up early day planned slow walk down to Kampa Island, then along the river bank to Jiraskuv Most bridge, http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Czech_Republic/Hlavni_Mesto_Praha/Prague-400455/Things_To_Do-Prague-Dancing_House-BR-1.html
Admired the dancing house, took the usual photo, then just on 500 yards was my main visit, as I am into German history was A new permanent exhibition to the memory of those who participated in the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in 1942 has opened. The small, but very in depth display maps the Czechoslovak resistance movement against the Nazis and includes photographs and memorabilia from the time. There are also films showing on TV screens and backgrounds into the seven paratroopers who participated in the mission. The Orthodox Church in which the exhibition is housed was built in honour of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, the men responsible for the Slavonic alphabet. However, the
church gained its fame because of what happened here at 04:10 on the morning of June 18, 1942 when the Nazis had discovered that the seven Czech parachutists involved in the assassination of Reichsprotektor Heydrich were hiding in the crypt.
The west side of Karlovo námìstí was cordoned off by 800 troops from the SS and the Gestapo. Three of the soldiers died as the SS stormed the church. The remaining four fought on. After hours of shooting and a long stand-off which led to the Germans deciding to literally flush them out, they used their last bullets on each other. The bullet-scarred exterior wall holds a plaque in honour of their bravery.
Where is it The National Memorial to the Heroes of the Heydrich Terror - A Place of Reconciliation. The Orthodox Cathedral of Ss. Cyril and Methodus, Praha 2, Resslova/Na Zderaze, 224 91 61 00,
http://www.pravoslavnacirkev.cz/
Unfortuntally the Memorial is closed on a Monday as are alot of the other venues, so returned on Day 4
From here it was a short walk around the corner to the brewery called U Fleku see review at http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Czech_Republic/Hlavni_Mesto_Praha/Prague-400455/Restaurants-Prague-U_Fleku-BR-1.html
Brewery was closed so spent 2 hours sampling the local brew.
more to follow
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