Biking Around Prague

I haven't actually rode a bicycle since I was a little kid, so I have forgotten how fun it is. Today half of our group, 9 of us, rented bicycles to take a tour of the entire area in Prague we would be mainly visiting. We went to the bike rentals and met a Czech friend who worked there and speaks very good english. From there we started out on our journey to visit much of the city of Prague. I found myself getting behind the others because I was too busy taking picture. There were just so many interesting people on the streets that I could take photographs of.

We went over to the Jewish quarter of town and saw one of the oldest synagogues in Prague. Much of the Jewish population was killed during World War Two so most of the synagogues have been turned into museums. We also learned about the legend of the Golem. The Golem was the inspiraton for Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. It was said to be created by a Jewish Rabii to protect the Jewish quarter. However, the Golem got out of control and the Rabii had to put it to sleep forever. It is supposedly still sleeping in the attic of a synagogue in the Jewish quarter.

I also went to a Czech mall today to buy a rain coat because it literally rains everyday here. The mall was just like any mall in the states, except for the langauge barriers of course. I guess seeing the mall made me realize even more that the Czech people are not that different from us. Even though we have differneces in our culture and customs, we are more alike than we are different. We are just seperated by a big pond.