We will be cruising on Avalon Waterways Avalon Tapestry on Wednesday. However, Avalon has housed us at the Hilton in Prague for three nights prior to our cruise. The hotel is 1.1 miles from the Old Town Square, the heart of the city of Prague. We went on a city sightseeing tour this morning and also got to the Prague Castle. Here's some things we learned about Prague today:
- Breakfast at our hotel is 660 Koruna or $44 per person. Thank goodness this is included in the price of our cruise.
- Prague is a very old city and dates from the 5th century.
- The Czech Republic was a Slavic country.
- Prague is made up of four towns - the castle district, the Lesser Quarter, the Old Town and the New Town (which was planned in the 14th century, so it's not really as new as it sounds).
- Wenceslas III (of Good King Wenceslas fame) was not a king; he was a prince, and has a square named after him.
- St. Vitus has a cathedral named for him at the Prague Castle, but no one was dancing
- Prague is a city of liars - they have a faux Eiffel Tower and seven hills like Rome, which no one has ever confirmed.
- Prague is the home of Budweiser beer
- There is a cake called trdelnik that is a type of dough wrapped around a spindel and cooked on a spit over an open fire. It's then rolled in a sugar and spice mixture, and almost tastes like a sour dough sweet bread.
- Prague has a population of 1.2 million, 75% of which are Catholic, but only 15% of those are practicing Catholics.
- There are two Jewish synagogues in Prague, and during the Holocaust, the Jews were buried sometimes 12 deep in the Jewish cemetery which dates back to the 15th century.
- Paris Street cuts through the Jewish area and now has lavish turn-of-the century buildings which replaced the small houses of the old Jewish ghetto.
- If you are playing Scrabble in Prague and have a lot of vowels, you can't win!!!
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