the second most beautiful city in the world

paris, mon amour, takes the cake HOWEVER prague is a close second.  i was lucky enough to spend this weekend in prague with my friend ben.  it was truly an amazing trip.  after we got off the plane we hopped on a bus to the metro and took the metro to the station nearest to our hotel which happened to be five minutes from the old town square.  location location location.  after checking in and leaving our things, it was off the old town square to take in the sheer architectural bliss, climb the town hall tower, go to the church of the virgin mary of tyn, and, in my case at least, take a million pictures.  we enjoyed dinner at the wine bar at our hotel.  we also briefly visited the jewish quarter.  saturday was all about the famous charles bridge that connects the two major parts of prague.   a destination in itself, the bridge gives some spectacular views of both the old town square and the prague castle.  we spent some time in the lesser town walking around and then were led by my trusty fodor's essential europe to kavarna slavia, the most famous café in prague for some tradition czech fare.  then we visited the church of st. nicholas, truly a sight to behold with a dome not unlike that of st. peter's basilica (sorry i always come back to this) in the vatican, except on a much smaller scale.  sunday, we were off to the prague castle, which is a complex of beautiful building all nestled upon a hill.  thus commenced my photo shoot from atop the tower of st. vitus's cathedral of views of prague.  more time was spent in the lesser quarter, followed by a very special visit to the old-new synagogue.  prague was a city of beauty, untouched by history, and i absolutely loved it.