Walking My @$$ Off in Prague

I had the cool opportunity to travel to Prague in order to teach a class to one of my customers who has an IT shop in this very old city.  I did some brief sightseeing my first day, but followed that up with a six hour walking tour on the second.  As for sights, the Charles Bridge with the Prague Castle hovering above it is THE quintessential photo shot for Prague.

Here it is again with the zoom backed off.

The Charles Bridge from the water.

Once you start walking across the bridge you will see the statues that line it on both sides as well as find a LOT of tourists walking up and down this 1692 foot long span.

And, of course, you can see the Prague Castle when looking to the west.

Up on top of that big hill overlooking the city and the bridge are the magnificent structures that make up Prague Castle.

The rest of the day was walking around Lesser Town and Old Town.  The only picture that I "had" to take was one of the Astronomical Clock that Gretchen told me about before I left.  Luckily, I caught glimpse of it before it was covered up as it, and the structure it lives in, are beginning a restoration project that will likely have it totally covered up for a good long time.

The rest of the pictures in the blog post are indicative of the beauty of all of structures around Prague.  For those well-versed in classical architecture, I'm quite positive you could spend days wandering around town and soaking it all in.  For a layperson like me, just good looking buildings and totally European in its overall feel.

I'm not sure I sure be insulted or appreciative, but the tour guide let me know the person he was training told him that she was "amazed I made it the whole day".  I'll take it BOTH ways!  Other than a tiny bit of sunburn and a couple of aching feet, I was none the worse from this extensive walking endeavor and I was so fortunate to see such a beautiful city.