Prague

We really love Prague!! It is such a nice little town. We arrived late from Budapest, but we made it to our hotel. It is in the Old Town, so the location is perfect! Our room was great....it had a big terrace, and a little sunken living room with a TV, so we could watch CNN. It's funny, because the only TV we have watched in a month has been a little CNN here or there, or BBC....oh yes, and a little Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in German. That was amusing.

Yesterday we had breakfast at our hotel and then headed out to get symphony tickets. We went last night to the Prague Philharmonic and saw a really great performance. We think it was actually the Salzburg Philharmonic Orchestra--but we cannot really be sure, as the translation in the program was a little confusing. But it was good nonetheless. The first half of the performance was the orchestra--with a piano concerto solo by a really good pianist. And the second half was with a Czech choir and three opera soloists....they were really good! And our tickets were only $10 a piece! We had great seats in a little 3 person balcony.

We also saw the Jewish Museum yesterday--which is comprised of 6 synagogues and 1 cemetary. It was really interesting. Ironically, the only reason all of this was spared WWII damage was because Hitler intended to use this area (called Josefov) as his "Museum of the Extinct Jewish Race." Very disturbing, but at least everything was spared.

Today we are visiting the castle area of Prague. And tonight we are taking a night train to Munich. We are planning on visiting the Dachau concentration camp in the morning, and then going to Oktoberfest in the evening.