First day out in Prague

I found a sparkly, metal head! 

Loving the narrow alleys that in no way whatsoever prevent cars and trucks of all shapes and sizes from venturing down them.  People regularly drive on the sidewalks to get through the many tiny passageways.  

I live in Nove Mesto (New Town), and the next several photos are from the neighborhood to the north called Stare Mesto (Old Town).  It felt a little like Disneyland. 

museum?

The famed St. Charles Bridge 

This man was one of the several homeless men I encountered on the bridge.  It started raining while I was up there, and it was quite windy.  Cold and uncomfortable, I watched as the man carefully laid his only jacket over his dog friend by his side, and while he prostrated himself before the tourists with ballcap extended, he rubbed his dog's head as if in meditation.  It was an incredibly sweet, heartbraking scene.  Not one of the shiny tourists stumbling around seemed to notice him... so I waited until the right moment, slowly walked over to the man, laid some coins in his cap, and stood back to watch the response.  It worked!  In the next minute, three other people gave him some money.   I don't care what he spends them on.  If we can all afford to buy overpriced sweets and low quality snow globes, then I think we can afford to give this man and his dog a chance.  

Powder Gate

So glad I looked up!  That's Sigmund Freud hanging by his arm over the sweet streets of Old Town.

...just a great European neighborhood street view pretty close to my house