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Having grown up in Austria, I had never done that to the Czech Republic, one of our neighbors. Prague, in particular, has long interested me, but I never had the chance to visit. Well, June 1, finally, I was on my way to explore Prague, one of the most popular tourist destinations. I took the train from Vienna, had a conversation with a young Czech woman from Brno, who now lives in Berlin, and finally around 3:00, I did in the railway station Holesovice Prague. Later this afternoon and evening I took a personal tour of the Old City with local experts and fellow Jitka Simkova Karel. We started at St. Wenceslas Square, with its early 20th century architecture, and walked through narrow cobbled streets in the center of Prague Old Town Square. This expansive public square has two of the main attractions of Prague’s Old Town Hall with its famous astronomical clock, and the Gothic Church of Our Lady before Tyn with its distinctive roof. Kinsky Palace and the Church of St. Nicolas with a variety of medieval houses in pastel colors impressed me as one of the best European places I’ve ever seen. We continued our journey to famous historical Charles Bridge, whose construction began in 1357 and continued for about 150 years. Walking back through the narrow streets, we stopped in a typical Czech beer hall U Medvikdku, where I taste the authentic Czech beer brewed on site . . .