My morning started with a ginormous "Praha sausage", smothered in garlic, onions, and a sweet mustard. I've never tasted anything quite like it before. Before this, we purchased tickets for the Jewish museums. Hitler had once planned for this area of Prague to be an open air museum about the "extinct Jewish race". We visited the first we visited the Ceremonial Hall and Klausen Synogogue, home to many artifacts of the WWII era and Nazi occupation of Prague.
Our next stop was the Pinkas Synogogue. The walls here are covered in the names of the Bohemian and Moravian victims of the Holocaust. On the upper floor is an exhibition of art pieces done by children in the Terazín Concentration Camp. The drawings, done under the supervision of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, document the transportation to Terazín, daily life in the camp, as well as their dreams for the future.
Our next stop was the Old Jewish Cemetery. The cemetery is quite deceiving though, because at first glance, it just looks like the tombstones are crowded. Upon further explanation, we learned that this is because the cemetery can be up to 12 bodies deep in some places. They didn't have much land to use, so when it would get "full", they would just pick up the tombstone, bring in more dirt, place the next body, and then put both stones on top.
Our final stop was one of the most beautiful places of worship that I've been. The Spanish Synogogue's Moorish
In the afternoon, we sampled trdelník (a Czech pretzel-y dessert), walked along the Charles Bridge, and visited the Lennon Wall. For dinner, we decided to check out Viet Corner (located right across the street from our hostel). The food here was really tasty and super cheap - perfect!