Darth Vader in Prague

Dear readers, your challenge today is to find Darth Vader in my photos!

This is the lovely, gothic Old-New Synagogue in the Jewish Quarter, of course. Next to it is the Jewish Town Hall.

Inside the Old-New Synagogue.
This is the Spanish Synagogue. It is lovely both inside and out.
Inside the Spanish Synagogue
Still another synagogue. This one is the Pinkas Synagogue, which also has a memorial to the 77,297 Jews from Czechoslovakia who perished in the Holocaust.
The memorial. Larry and I found Baums and Sterns and other familiar last names on the walls.
The Old-New Synagogue and Town Hall. The numbers on the lower clock are in Hebrew.
The Old Jewish Cemetery where there are 12,000 tombstones for about 100,000 people buried here. We found out that this was the only burial ground allowed for the Jews in Prague until 1787.
Exhibit of Judaica at one of the synagogues.
Art near the Museum of Terror in Prague.
Franz Kafka's statue by the Spanish Synagogue. Kafka himself was Jewish and attended the Old-New Synagogue when he lived in Prague. His bar mitzvah was held here.
Larry liked this Egyptian motif on a building.
Two pink fellows with sore backs!
Kafka's house, now a bookstore.

Nespresso is big in Europe and has upscale shops all over. This one has a window display honoring the Astronomical Clock. They wouldn't let me take a photo of the inside of the shop. I can't imagine why!

Astonomical Clock in the Old Town
The apostles go by once an hour to remind us of our own mortality.

Prague's Old Town Square has it all when it comes to architectural styles: Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, and Art Nouveau.
The Gothic Tyn Church
The monument to Jan Hus. He is an important figure to the Czechs and symbolizes the long struggle for Czech freedom. He was burned at the stake 600 years ago after taking a stand for church reform.
The Baroque Church of St. Nicholas.



You found him--Darth Vader!
A nice looking building.

Kelmentium, the National Library

Today was our first full day of sightseeing in Prague. We have been trying to follow our guide books recommendations on the order of doing things so that we have a plan. Generally that means doing the "must-sees" first. The reasoning is that if something goes wrong later (such as closure due to an unknown holiday, a rain storm, illness, etc.) the most important things will be done. That plan seems to work for us. We headed out for the Old Town, lunch, then the Jewish Quarter. It made for a full day. We ended up spending most of our time in the Jewish Quarter. As you might expect, there weren't many signs of Jews around currently since so many perished in the Holocaust.