Prague

[AgentPete]

This is where I spent Xmas. Very old city, full of trams, golems and cafés. It's always aspirin-o'clock.

 

[Leonora]

My son's starting a job there on 13th of January. So we will definitely be visiting, probably in March. V. exciting!

 

[Steve C]

Great Pics. Very moody

 

[Webbwalker]

Beautiful pics. I've never been but would love to.

 

[Emily]

Beautiful, atmospheric photos. Have half a plan to go to Germany again and do a few detours. Might put it on the list.

 

[AgentPete]

Thanks I would actually recommend a day or two in Prague, then hop on the train to Budapest for slightly longer, make sure you visit the old spas there. Quite magnificent.

 

[Emily]

Maybe I should plan on going by myself A LitFest in Budapest or Prague, we could do that, couldn't we?

 

[KateESal]

Ooh, yes, I really enjoyed visiting Prague. Great pix.

 

[Barbara]

Lovely photos.

Good to see some black & white shots. There aren't enough around anymore these days. Much more atmospheric. They can say more than colour.

 

[Steve C]

Ah Budapest. What a wonderful place. I fell in love with the city and a girl back in the day.
Egészségére (ega sher gedara) is as far as my attempt to learn the language took me. A handy word for a drinker

 

[Eva Ulian]

I must go to Prague one day. The photos make me feel nostalgic of the 60s. BTW how did you manage to get such a close-up of the woman above?

 

[Barbara]

Prague has just been added to my 'to go' list. I'm planning on Krakow this year (research), so I guess it's on the way.

Ah Budapest. What a wonderful place.

Yep. Back in 1989, I had the opportunity to see it from a rather unique perspective. An acting coach of mine was Hungarian and took a small group of thesps for an acting / sightseeing tour to Budapest. In his youth he was a known playwright but had to flee Hungary in WW2 when the Germans arrived. They didn't like his plays against the Nazi regime. He had to leg it out of a theatre one foggy night. He hid in a coal bunker nearby for a week before being smuggled out and into Switzerland. He showed us the coal bunker (it was still there, amazingly) and other sights of his life. Interesting. Scary.

If I remember right, back then Budapest had an Adidas shop. The locals would queue outside for hours just to go inside to look, but couldn't afford to buy.

 

[AgentPete]

Ah Budapest. What a wonderful place. I fell in love with the city and a girl back in the day.
Egészségére (ega sher gedara) is as far as my attempt to learn the language took me. A handy word for a drinker

The language is extraordinary. No connection at all to any other Indo-European tongue.