This is the apartment building in Prague where we are staying. Our apartment has two bedrooms, a bathroom, and a common area with a kitchen and dining table. The tram stop is right outside the front door.

We did something a bit differently today. We downloaded the Rick Steves Europe app to our phones and downloaded the audio for the Prague City Walking Tour.  We listened to Rick’s commentary as we walked the route. This was a great way to learn about the sights we passed.

The tour started at the National Museum at the top of Wenceslas Square. The museum is closed for renovation, but we got a picture of it. The tour continued down the square with a side-trip to a monastery garden, and into the Old Town Square.

Wenceslas Square

National Museum

King Wenceslas

Spot where students burned themselves to death in 1989.

View down the square.

View down the square.

Flower bed in the square.

Flower bed in the square.

Hotel Europa

Green space in the square

Statue in a shopping arcade.

Stained glass window in a shopping arcade.

Monastery garden.

Monastery garden.

Monastery garden.

Monastery garden.

Building with ornate architecture.

Old Town Square

Old Town Square has a number of churches and other buildings surrounding it. In the square is a monument to Jan Hus, a reformer. The other notable feature is the astrological clock on one of the churches. It rings the hour between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m.

Jan Hus Monument. Jan Hus was a church reformer. He was convicted of being a heretic and burned at the stake in 1415.

The Astrological Clock

The Astrological Clock

The Astrological Clock

We continued past the square to the Charles Bridge, then walked back through City Hall. From there we turned north into the Jewish Quarter where we saw several synagogues. Beyond the Jewish Quarter we photographed the Cech Bridge. We circled back to Concert Hall, then returned to our apartment.

Prague Street Scenes

Concert Hall

Entrance to Smetana Hall

Concert Hall

Love locks on the fence by the Charles Bridge.

Building in the cubist style.

Klausová synagogue

The Old-New synagogue

Cech Bridge

Monument at the Cech Bridge

Cech Bridge

Maisel Synagogue

Kafka Statue

Facade of the Palladium Shopping Mall

Modern sculpture across from the Palladium Shopping Mall

In the evening we attended a concert of the Prague Symphony. The performed Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto 2 and Stravinsky’s Symphony No. 8.  Both pieces we performed extremely well.