Day 2 of Prague was spent enjoying the sunshine, doing loads of walking, visiting the Jewish sites (traveler tip- lines at the bookstore are much, much shorter than the museum. I bought a pass that allowed access to the Jewish museum, cemetery and Pinkas synagogue), soaking in the beautiful atmosphere and ending the trip with a FaceTime lunch at cafe with my sister, some goulash and some Czech beer. It was a beautiful day!
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| Luck is universal |
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| Music man |
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| A tribute to those who lost their lives in the Terrezine concentration camps |
It is said the Jewish history in Prague was perfectly preserved because Hitler planned on using it as documentation of an "extinct race".
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| The cemetery |
When the
Jewish citizens of Prague ran out of space to bury their dead, and purchasing more land was not allowed to them, they placed layers of soil on the existing graves and placed the tombstones upon the new layers of soil as
Jewish custom does not permit the destruction of graves or tombstones. This is why the
tombstones are placed so closely together, to account for the number of graves in the cemetery. It is estimated that there are approximately
100,000 people buried in the cemetery (only 12,000 or so tombstones are visible) which has 12
layers of graves.
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| Easter decorations in full effect |
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| Technology makes distances seem so small :) |
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| Looks WAY better than it tasted, unfortunately. |
Ahoj! (Goodbye in Czech)
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