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Interior Ceiling of Prague’s Spanish Synagogue
The Spanish Synagogue is the most recent synagogue in the Prague Jewish Town.
I saw a photo of this before going back to Prague and knew I had to see it. It’s even more amazing in person.
I was initially put off by the long line to buy tickets. Turns out, you don’t need a ticket unless you want a tour. So just walk past the line and on in to avoid the wait and to keep 500 CZK in your pocket.
Morning on the Charles Bridge
Chinese bride on Prague’s Charles Bridge in the morning
As I mentioned a while ago, I had a new plan for avoiding crowds in Prague on my second trip there. The plan was to get up early and visit the crowded areas before the crowds. So on my first morning in Prague I woke up before 6 and headed to Old Town Square and then the Charles Bridge.
Apparently there are very different crowds at this time of the morning. Basically, you will now find Chinese brides and Chinese couples in wedding attire getting their photos taken. I counted at least 10 such groups (maybe even 15) on this morning. They were only mildly annoying compared to the hundreds of selfie sticks you will find in the afternoons.
Sedlec Ossuary (AKA The Bone Church)
I made it to Kutna Hora, as featured in yesterday’s post, not because I researched it, looked it up in a guidebook, or saw it ranked as the best day trip from Prague on TripAdvisor or something. No, instead, I went because my barber in Prague told me I had to see The Bone Church. Touring the town of Kutna Hora was just an added bonus. The church was awesome.
Kutná Hora
Palackého Square’s historic town center well in Kutna Hora (Czech Republic)
Kutná Hora is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This is a great day trip from Prague.
House in the Carlsberg Brewery neighborhood
After Niels Bohr won the Nobel Prize in 1922, the Carlsberg Brewery gave him a gift. The gift was a house located near the brewery with a direct pipeline to the brewery so that Bohr had free beer on tap whenever he wanted.
This house probably wasn’t Bohr’s house, but it is in that neighborhood. There are some amazing houses in this neighborhood (between the Carlsberg and Valby Stations on the north side of the tracks). I rode my bike through this neighborhood at least once a day this past summer as my apartment was next to this location.