Old Town Square

The perfect antidote to a really crappy tour was a whole day just pottering about on our own. Dodging the crowds of people and just aimlessly and capriciously wandering.

Municipal house was really interesting - its main claim to fame a beautiful concert hall. The hall was closed, but by paying a few Euro we not only got to visit a fairly interesting exhibition on the third floor, but we were able to have a quick sticky though the doors of the concert hall and listen to the orchestra rehearsing with Jose Carera (the reason for the closure) which provided one of those unscripted delights that going your own way can provide. One interesting poster in the exhibitions was advertising a fund raiser which must have been for the survivors of the San Francisco earthquake.
Downstairs we had a quick drink at the American Bar - the oldest bar in Prague - just because there had never been a bar in Prague that was called a bar before, not such a big claim to fame. We had a really nice lunch in the adjoining restaurant though.Read more