City Ratings: Prague

Prague is my new favorite. I know, I know. I’ve had a lot of “new favorite” cities on this trip: Kaohsiung, València, Porto, and Ljubljana have all preceded Prague in this designation. And with some very promising cities still to come (I’m thinking of you, Kraków and Tallinn) on this trip, it’s entirely possible Prague

Prague Castle

My last post left off with me crossing the Charles Bridge from Prague’s Old Town to its Castle Quarter. As a general rule, because I’m mainly interested in understanding what it’s like to live, day to day, in the various cities I visit, I tend not to spend a lot of time and money on

Prague’s Old Town

The tourist throngs are definitely on to something. Prague is spectacular. (Admittedly, my love for Prague was probably influenced by the six solid days of perfect sunny weather I enjoyed here following that first gray, rainy day on 28 June.) As the only one of Europe’s great, historic cities on my itinerary (although Kraków probably