Thursday, July 13, 2006

Prague, side streets and courtyards


What many visitors to Prague end up doing is exploring this beautiful city by foot. There are so many alleyways, side streets, courtyards, and bridges to explore. You can easily get lost. The buildings are painted in a variety of pastel colours, but usually tend to be pale yellow, or off white, with red tiled roofs.

Prague's number one economy is tourism. And, Prague by far, was the most crowded city I would visit on my tour. One afternoon we decided to cross the Charles bridge which was packed with wall to wall people who were looking at artists' wares and listening to musicians, or watching street entertainers. It took us forever to cross the bridge! Most of the shops in the central part of Prague catered to tourists, selling amber, garnet, beer steins, T shirts, etc.

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