The Vltava River, from Letenske Sady (park), looking south. The Jewish Quarter is at the left.

Vltava River, Prague.

July 9, 2004

The sky, the Vltava; evening afterglow. Charles Bridge -- Karluv Most, and the Castle and St. VItas cathedral on the hill.

July 9, 2004; 10pm, Prague.

A mill on Kampa Island, upstream, from Karluv Most, Prague.

July 20, 2004; 9 am

We are looking south, upstream, from Letenske Park. From foreground back, the bridges are Manesuv, Karlov, Legif, and Jiraskuv.

From Letenske Sady (park), on the bluff under the giant metronome, we look over the Cechuv Bridge into the Jewish Quarter (Josefov).

July 11, 2004; 6 pm

Mansion on the hill, west bank of Vltava, from Vysehrad castle, Prague.

West bank of Vlatava; a restaurant at the north end of Kampa Island
July 14, 2004, 3pm

Several firms rent foot-operated paddleboats on the Vlatava.
July 14, 2004

Facades lined up on the east bank of the Vltava, across the canal from Slolvansky Ostrov (island) along Masarykovo nabrezi (street)
July 14, 2004

The Smetana Museum is the building at far left; above the wall on the right is Smetanovo nabrezi (Smetana Street). Looking northeast from the paddleboat. One can paddle with the feet while photographing with hands and eye.
July 14, 2004

Picnickers on Strelecky Ostrov (island), from the paddleboat.
July 14, 2004, looking SE.

A bit of most (bridge) Lefig, from the paddleboat.
The architecture of the bridges is interesting because they have stonework, not merely poured concrete -- though I have no doubt this is the skeleton, the bridges are attractively clothed.
July 14, 2004

A duck races toward the four tourists in the paddleboat, incorrectly assuming that we are generous souls with bread. July 14, on the Vltava


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