Getting fired up for lunchtime in Old Town Square, 11:41 am

the public platform in the center of Old Town Square

We tried a “trdelnik.” They look
better than they taste, actually.

a sea of red-topped market stalls in front of Old Town Hall

the view from
the mid-square platform

Roasted chesnuts are a holiday staple here in the Czech Republic.

The Church of Our Lady Before Tyn, between branches

That's a spire of the Church of St. Nicholas straight to the north.

Dana with my favorite building
on planet earth.

Gotta love that this observation deck above the astronomical clock is straight across
from the Tyn Church.

You've gotta be pushy to snag these photos ops, though; every tourist wants to pose in this spot.

A row of houses blocks any views
of the front of the Tyn Church
because “the Habsburg-backed patricians built in front of it with impunity,” says the New York Times.

Prague Castle is
over Dana's shoulder.

The Jan Hus Monument,
with Dlouha Street winding
northward behind it and the Kinsky Palace just to the east.

You think they could pass a
Staropramen to me up here?

The Jewish Quarter lies
between Matt and Prague
Castle on the hill.

See all the folks getting
between me and my church!

the elevator cables inside the clock tower's stairwell

Dana finds something
to catch her eye.

the center of Old Town Square, including the performance stage and Christmas tree, as seen from a window while descending the clock tower

heading down
the inclined walkway...

...getting closer to ground level

Horses and carriages are queued up to tote market-goers on Old Town tours.

a painting on a wall in a room inside Old Town Hall

There was a private wedding party going on down here. We briefly got swept up in its crowd.

Dana with the famous clock, which gives the current time in three formats:

...Central European Time, Old Czech Time, and Babylonian Time.

12:26 pm

Manufaktura, one of my favorite shops in Prague. It's where I find...

...many of the corn husk angel ornaments I love to bring home.

With her boombox blaring, this gal was exercising inside the plexiglass cage.

The 50,000 square meter Palladium department store on Na Porici...

...is a two minute stroll
west from the Atlantic Hotel.

South of Old Town is Wenceslas Square, where there is a second large Christmas market.

the National Museum, as seen
from the Christmas market

Dana scopes out handicrafts
at a market booth.

Matt with a unique, hand-carved Czech nativity scene.

Each market boasts at least three
or four vendors of mulled wine.

Look! It's a Dana store!

at the Church of St. Martin in the Wall, on Martinska Street...

...where I attended a classical
concert in November 2006

A Madonna display in a window outside Music Shop-Antikvariat in Nove Mesto.

A tram zips past
the National Theatre.

statues atop the National Theatre

The Hunger Wall climbs
Petrin Hill in the background.

This sculpture is in a small park on the east side of Smetanovo Nabrezi Street, just north
of the National Theatre.