24 Hours in Prague |
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Visiting Terezin |
Terezin is a former WWII ghetto and a Nazi prison camp. 35,000 people died here, and over 80,000 passed through before finding their deaths in extermination camps. It's a ghostly place—its two star-shaped rings of fortification are now covered with grass, the walls are crumbling, the houses of the former ghetto seem mostly abandoned. Searching for a good restaurant here seems absurd—but it's exactly what I had to do.
Visiting Karlštejn Castle |
Today, I went to see Karlštejn Castle. Karlštejn is an enormous hilltop Disney fortress in the middle of a forest, built in the 14th century by Charles IV., the greatest hero Czech nation has ever had. Not only did he single-handedly conceive and create a whole new district in Prague, he also founded a university, strengthened the empire, and did many other things, making his rule the Golden Age of Bohemia. Let me tell you what I saw in this visionary's living quarters at the castle.
1.5 Hours in Nové Mesto |
Here's a list of things that I saw within the span of an hour and a half while researching nightlife places in Nové Mesto:
Last year, Michal researched Istanbul, Santorini, and Milos: he got hit on in all-male hammams, he hitched rides from all kinds of characters, he talked his way inside Istanbul's hottest clubs, despite looking like a hobo. This year he's going to Prague (and Munich and Cologne) and he's hoping for more of the same.
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