Monthly Archives: April 2026

We had a morning walking tour of the Jewish quarter in Prague. The Jewish ghetto was established in the 14th century. We visited 4 synagogues but only 2 are currently in use as a religious building. The Old New Synagogue dates back to 1270.

The Jewish museum which is actually the various synagogues and cemetery was closed during the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia around 1968. After the reunification it was reopened around 1994.

The cemetery is 350 years old and our guide told us that there are 12 layers of graves. We saw many headstones but most were so old and worn no names or dates were visible.

When we returned to the hotel, we got on buses to be transferred to our ship in Decín. However when we got to Decín we kept going. Apparently the river is too low for our boat to get here so we were bused to the next port (only 15 miles) to get to our boat.

We had a walking tour in the morning provided by our tour company, Viking. We started at the top of the castle hill and toured that area. Prague Castle is the largest in the world, composed of many different buildings and covers 80,000 square meters. Then we walked down the hill stopping to try chocolate at a famous shop. We crossed the Charles Bridge learning its history.

We then toured the old town arriving at the famous clock just in time for the noon display. The Viking tour ended with some free time here and we stayed in town. After a nice lunch at a small cafe we went to the Story of Prague Museum. It was an interactive museum, with picture that turned from current views to historic views. We also climbed to the top of the clock tower in order to get views of the town.

We then went to another museum about the artist, Mucha. He did arte nouveau in the late 1800s and early 1900s. There were many pictures by him as well as a short movie about his life.

We came back to the hotel to freshen up and then had a wonderful dinner back in the old town overlooking the Charles Bridge.

This perfect day had us walking about 12 miles!

This is a Jennifer and Bette trip!

After flying to Boston a day before our trip actually began, we went to check into our flight only to discover that the final leg had been cancelled. Fortunately the tour company was able to get us on other flights and we got to Prague only 1 hour later than we were supposed to.

After dropping our luggage at the hotel, we walked into the old town area of Prague. We spent a few hours walking around, but had to return to the hotel for a briefing meeting.

After that we went to dinner at a wonderful restaurant. The food and the setting was amazing. Then we were off to bed.