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The heavens parted and there was my picture. Like the photo, Prague herself is also a weird mixture of gloom and joy.
One of the statues on the Charles Bridge. The bridge, for pedestrian traffic only, is one of the most beautiful I've seen anywhere.
Touching the statue of St. John of Nepomuk is one of Prague's rituals and it is supposed to bring ensure that you will return to Prague soon
Jakub took me to the army museum in Zizkov. It felt rather Soviet.
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| Massive statue of blind, one-eyed General Zizka in Zizkov. Jan Zizka, born in 1370, was the commander of the Bohemian military and the head of the anti Hussite forces during the anti-crusades of Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund. |
This small plaque memorializes Jan Palach, a twenty-year-old philosophy student who burned himself to death to protest the 1968 Soviet invasion. 800,000 people attended his funeral despite the repressive atmosphere enforced by the presence of Warsaw Pact troops and tanks.
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