Prague

As I walked into the old town which was a ten-minute walk from my residence, it was like entering a retro world seen in movies and read about in novels! For someone like me, the sight of those cobbled roads was the most fascinating part, especially to see and realize that these existed in reality and not only in Sherlock Holmes movies! I could visualize horse drawn carriages moving around some two hundred years back. I did not even need to try too hard, as there were some horse drawn carriages there on offer for tourists wishing to be transported back in history. The astronomical clock was the most prominent and probably
the oldest landmark in the old town square. There were a couple of churches around and innumerable souvenir shops, restaurants, cafes and bars. Most old buildings had been converted to such places for tourists, while still maintaining the heritage and their historical beauty. Summer brings out the best in these places and it was the most beautiful sight to see people seated in open air cafes sipping beer under the hot sun. I walked through the lanes of the town square and reached the iconic five-hundred-year-old Charles Bridge across the River Vltava. The most common ‘photo’ moment of Prague is on this bridge overlooking the beautiful Prague castle.

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Old Town Square