During the summer of 2008, I had the opportunity of traveling to Europe in a summer field school. The field school consisted of spending one month in Europe, the vast majority of it spent in Berlin, Germany. The group of us also traveled to several different cities all around Europe. My next few entries will discuss the cities and the time is spent with my colleagues in the various cities.
First on the list is PRAGUE! Our group to a train from Berlin to Prague, or Praha (as it is called there), and it was the most beautiful train ride. We had to exchange some money from Euros to the Czech currency and then we were on our way to explore this beautiful city, full of history!
The castle district is probably what Prague is most famous for, and rightfully so. The stairs leading to the district are quite the work-out, but the rewards are much greater than the strain. Besides, the view of the city from those stairs is breath-taking!
But, the most interesting part of the city, in my opinion, is the work of David Černý (http://www.davidcerny.cz/), which is displayed throughout the city. "Nothing is sacred in Prague," is what we were told. This artist's work emulates this statement, told to us by the random tour guide that our professor found for us. From babies crawling up the T.V. tower to a statue of St. Wenceslas riding a dead horse, really, nothing is scared. Though, my personal favorite of the works that we were able to see, is the sculture depicting two naked males peeing (oh wait, let's be P.C.--urinating) in the a pool that is in the shape of the Czech Republic. Talk about making fun of your own country....
