Today, Jason and I took turns going for a morning run.
We have found it is a great way to see many of the cities we visit without
crowds and without a six/seven year old asking, "when are we going back to
the hotel to swim?" My run along the Vltava river took me straight
to the 'Charles Bridge' (which has history dating back to the 1357) The winding path along the river was
spectacular as the fog slowly rose like a curtain of a great Broadway
play. I knew this show was probably going to earn a standing
ovation. The Charles Bridge received just that as I admired it all while sucking in deep breaths in search of oxygen since my body was not cooperating
so much with this running tour. Other than my gasps, it was very quiet
and peaceful.
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| The Charles Bridge |
Then we got to the second half of our day of touring which
involved a lot of “bribery” in order to have a whine-less day of touring. Some of our friends like to give us a hard time about the
"tough life" we live vacationing over here in Europe…but what they
don’t know, is it takes a lot of “only on vacation” tickets. For instance…a real “caffeine stocked”
coke, dinner at a table RIGHT BESIDE THE PLAY AREA, chocolate filled crepes,
and fulfilled promises of hours at the hotel pool.
Today we had to do a lot of bribing before we set out since it would involve lots of walking to tour the Old Town and the Jewish Quarter known as
Josefov.
Web info The history, Synagogues,
and cemetery were all very emotional and were a challenge to explain in ‘6 year
old terms’. (It was difficult
enough for this
43 young girl to comprehend to the magnitude of
loss)
The kids handled the whole day pretty well for young-uns
traveling in a country where they can’t speak the language... I guess
“coke-a-cola” “pool” and “pizza” is a universal language!!
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| Pinkas Synagogue |
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| Pinkas Synagogue |
The old Jewish Cemetery. I will not even try to write about this as I am not a professional writer...please see Wikipedia for more info.
Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague
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| Every good day should end with a Crepe! |
Then we got to the second half of our day of touring which
involved a lot of “bribery” in order to have a whine-less day of touring. Some of our friends like to give us a hard time about the
"tough life" we live vacationing over here in Europe…but what they
don’t know, is it takes a lot of “only on vacation” tickets. For instance…a real “caffeine stocked”
coke, dinner at a table RIGHT BESIDE THE PLAY AREA, chocolate filled crepes,
and fulfilled promises of hours at the hotel pool. 
I can only imagine how emotional this made you. How does one explain such attrocities, that my adult brain can't grasp, to children?
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