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Spurred on by curiosityandthecat's enjoyable pictures of San Francisco, I thought I'd share some photos of my recent trip to Prague. Beautiful city and a lot to see and do.

Here's the link to the photos. There are three pages of galleries: http://mcq.smugmug.com/gallery/5201446_ ... 5196_7pU4K (http://mcq.smugmug.com/gallery/5201446_q7dLv#315605196_7pU4K)

Very cool, beautiful pictures!  I forgot to ask how your trip went...was it a lot of fun?

Quote from: "laetusatheos"Very cool, beautiful pictures!  I forgot to ask how your trip went...was it a lot of fun?

Thanks. Yes, the trip was awesome. We didn't get to get outside of Prague much, so I missed some other parts of the country that I wanted to see (just so little time to see it all). But it was a blast! Nice people, good exchange rate, and the beer.....man alive, the beer!!!  

Beautiful! I was expecting one on the first page to be HDR, but I was surprised to see it wasn't. Nice!

Quote from: "curiosityandthecat"Beautiful! I was expecting one on the first page to be HDR, but I was surprised to see it wasn't. Nice!

Thanks. No HDR, just my trusty D3 and me, no special anything except what I normally do in post-processing (crop, sharpen if needed, correct white balance if needed, and correct color casts, which is almost never needed).

Oh wow.  That place is just so gorgeous.  The architecture is....  Well I don't know anything about architecture but those buildings are amazing.  Thanks so much for sharing.

Quote from: "LARA"Oh wow.  That place is just so gorgeous.  The architecture is....  Well I don't know anything about architecture but those buildings are amazing.  Thanks so much for sharing.

The architecture there is awesome. The city dates back to the year 800 C.E., so it encompasses dozens of styles and types of architecture and art. It is also a very great city for Classical and Baroque music. They love Mozart, and he apparently loved Prague, so there is a lot of great musical history too. We had a string quartet made up of members of the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra play a private concert for us. It was pure ecstasy!

Quote from: "McQ"The architecture there is awesome. The city dates back to the year 800 C.E., so it encompasses dozens of styles and types of architecture and art. It is also a very great city for Classical and Baroque music. They love Mozart, and he apparently loved Prague, so there is a lot of great musical history too. We had a string quartet made up of members of the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra play a private concert for us. It was pure ecstasy!

I hate you.   :mad:  :D
Thanks for sharing your beautiful photos, McQ.  If I ever get the chance to visit Prague, I will want to pick your brain.   (Or maybe you should just adopt me and take me along when you travel.)

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Quote from: "McQ"The architecture there is awesome. The city dates back to the year 800 C.E., so it encompasses dozens of styles and types of architecture and art. It is also a very great city for Classical and Baroque music. They love Mozart, and he apparently loved Prague, so there is a lot of great musical history too. We had a string quartet made up of members of the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra play a private concert for us. It was pure ecstasy!

I hate you.   :mad:  :D

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Now you can really hate me!


Hey, I had to wait 24 years to get to fly anything other than coach. I don't want to go "back there" with the other people now!

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Now you can really hate me!  

Gee, if I have permission it's no fun!   :eek:

I need to get a passport.

Quote from: "MommaSquid"Yes, an overseas flight would be terribly uncomfortable in coach.   Rubbing elbows with the unwashed masses.   :D

It was so nice up at the front of the plane. I know I won't get to do it again, but it was soooooo comfy!

And passports take only about three weeks to get now. Mine took less. Go for it, Momma!!!

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Quote from: "MommaSquid"Yes, an overseas flight would be terribly uncomfortable in coach.   Rubbing elbows with the unwashed masses.   :D

It was so nice up at the front of the plane. I know I won't get to do it again, but it was soooooo comfy!

Now I'm jealous, too. Thanks.  :D

One of Shelly's friends tends to (and I want to know how she does it--I think it might have something to do with the fact that she's a cute little Asian girl) get upgraded to business on flights back and forth from the US and Taiwan. Curse this manly, rugged, Caucasian frame!  roflol

Quote from: "curiosityandthecat"Now I'm jealous, too. Thanks.  :D

One of Shelly's friends tends to (and I want to know how she does it--I think it might have something to do with the fact that she's a cute little Asian girl) get upgraded to business on flights back and forth from the US and Taiwan. Curse this manly, rugged, Caucasian frame!  roflol

   It's tough being a testosterone-laden being, isn't it?

And, btw, your signature line is one of my very favorite Woody Allen lines/quotes. Nice!

Nice pictures, Prague is really beautiful city with architecture going back to the middle ages. Mostly I have been in hotel Prague (http://www.prague-hotels.org.uk/) or meetings, but the city is extremely pleasing to the eyes and a pleasure to walk around. We managed to do just that a bit and see the Prague castle, the old town's powder gate tower and the famous astronomical clock. Ironically, the czechs are renowned for the high percentage of atheist citizens: the houses of worship are really amazing. This morning, we had a chance to explore the Jewish quarter, also fascinating (the Spanish synagogue is not to be missed). St. Vitus's Cathedral rivals Notre Dame as a massive, buttressed church: it also houses the tomb of "Good King Wenceslas".

Quote from: "hensenhensen"Nice pictures, Prague is really beautiful city with architecture going back to the middle ages. Mostly I have been in hotel Prague (http://www.prague-hotels.org.uk/) or meetings, but the city is extremely pleasing to the eyes and a pleasure to walk around. We managed to do just that a bit and see the Prague castle, the old town's powder gate tower and the famous astronomical clock. Ironically, the czechs are renowned for the high percentage of atheist citizens: the houses of worship are really amazing. This morning, we had a chance to explore the Jewish quarter, also fascinating (the Spanish synagogue is not to be missed). St. Vitus's Cathedral rivals Notre Dame as a massive, buttressed church: it also houses the tomb of "Good King Wenceslas".

Welcome, hensen. I'm glad you enjoyed the photos. Prague is indeed, a pleasing city to explore and see. St. Vitus' Cathedral is amazing. I smiled when I read your comment on the percentage of non-believers. I too, noticed the irony in it during my visit. Our guides told us that a generation of communist rule was effective in squelching religion. Not the way I would go about it, but I guess it worked! LOL!

Are you in Prague for an extended time?

Yes, happily I'm for a long time in Prague, I'm studying here and I like this city a lot. First I came here by exchange, but liked so much, that came back for regular school.