We left Berlin this morning just before 9:00 on our way to Prague, we were seated in a compartment of 6 seats and from Berlin to Prague we had at least 2 under 5 children in the compartment, very lively!
The line goes basically south from Berlin to Dresden and very soon travels along the Elbe river valley into the Czech Republic. The valley is very appealing as it is lined with small towns nestled below large rock outcropping within heavy forestation. We followed the river up to where the Vltava evidently feeds into it and into Prague arriving around 1:30pm. We spent a couple minutes in the tourist bureau getting public transport tickets and a map with directions to our hotel in the Stare Mestro (old town) area.
After check-in we left the hotel and walked over to the town hall where the medieval clock is located and then over to the Charles bridge. We crossed the bridge and walked into the neighborhood just to the north where the Kafka museum is located.
In the courtyard there is a kinetic sculpture called "Pissing Men" by David Cerny, and that's just what it is. But what is interesting is that the men piss such that they are writing Czech words and if a person texts to a specific number they will "write" the text message quite amusing.
We continued along the river up to the north as far as the next bridge and crossed back into old town but in the old Jewish quarter. There we found a new cafe dedicated and decorated with a bicycle theme and decided to eat there. The first question when we entered was funny, "Smoking or Non-Smoking section?" a bicycling cafe? Really? In any event the food was good and the beer was very fresh, Pilsner Urquell. After dinner we walked back to the hotel, with only a couple wrong turns.
We left Berlin this morning just before 9:00 on our way to Prague, we were seated in a compartment of 6 seats and from Berlin to Prague we had at least 2 under 5 children in the compartment, very lively!
The line goes basically south from Berlin to Dresden and very soon travels along the Elbe river valley into the Czech Republic. The valley is very appealing as it is lined with small towns nestled below large rock outcropping within heavy forestation. We followed the river up to where the Vltava evidently feeds into it and into Prague arriving around 1:30pm. We spent a couple minutes in the tourist bureau getting public transport tickets and a map with directions to our hotel in the Stare Mestro (old town) area. 
After check-in we left the hotel and walked over to the town hall where the medieval clock is located and then over to the Charles bridge. We crossed the bridge and walked into the neighborhood just to the north where the Kafka museum is located. 
In the courtyard there is a kinetic sculpture called "Pissing Men" by David Cerny, and that's just what it is. But what is interesting is that the men piss such that they are writing Czech words and if a person texts to a specific number they will "write" the text message quite amusing.
We continued along the river up to the north as far as the next bridge and crossed back into old town but in the old Jewish quarter. There we found a new cafe dedicated and decorated with a bicycle theme and decided to eat there. The first question when we entered was funny, "Smoking or Non-Smoking section?" a bicycling cafe? Really? In any event the food was good and the beer was very fresh, Pilsner Urquell. After dinner we walked back to the hotel, with only a couple wrong turns.
"Pissing Men" by David Cerny sounds super cool! If only you could send the message via the Internet, it would be an amazing example of the Internet of Things (IoT).
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