Prague Castle looms across the Vltava River as Dana stands on Smetanovo Nabrezi Street.

Dana enjoys her Krusovice Granat and chicken steak with fries and potato cakes.

This restaurant is inside a 16^th century gothic cellar, beneath a hotel.

Matt also quaffs Krusovice,
and his entree is beef goulash.

That's some kind of cooker
in the kitchen.

The restaurant is U Zlate Studny,
or “at the Golden Well.”

Climbing the stairs to ground level, you'll see this small bar.

Two genuinely creepy street performers lurk on Karlova Street.

Neysa, Matt, and Dana, 7:48 pm

Neysa moved to Prague from Texas last year to teach English.

Sisina and Matt finally
meet in person after two years
of online friendship.

Sisina is from Slovakia but lives
and attends university in Prague. She's also a part-time resident of England.

Dana and Sis

Does this face mean Sis doesn't dig the exotic flavors of beer here at Pivovarsky Dum?

Coffee beer, champagne beer, cherry beer, banana beer... we tried them all.

After our stay at Pivovarsky Dum, Sis will take us to her favorite haunt, Dog's Bollocks.

Staropramen Granat is on tap
at the Blue Rose pizza joint.

Sis and Dana, bundled up
on the Charles Bridge

Prague Castle, Dana, Matt

The Charles Bridge is quiet now, at 11:08 pm.

A courtyard on the other side
of Charles Bridge is alight
with holiday spirit.

Matt, Sisina

Dana & Matt

Dana and Sis with another nighttime angle on Prague Castle

Pardon the blur, but that's the National Theatre as seen from the Charles Bridge.

The Old Town Bridge Tower behind Dana & Matt

Sisina at the Old Town
Bridge Tower

What is this one carving
doing to the other?

other carvings on the
Old Town Bridge Tower

one of the buildings utilized
by Charles University

Sis has some of her classes here.

Sis pauses to imagine a home filled
with this fine Bohemian crystal.

At 11:57 pm, the crowds have thinned even in Old Town Square.

“I could stand here all night.”

the Christmas market stalls
and Tyn Church at midnight

the Jan Hus Monument

Sis and Dana on the
left side of the Tyn Church