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Really helpful German footpath sign, why can't we
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Our second camp site in Germany was just after Nuremberg at a little lake called Murner See, probably a bit touristy in season but nice & quiet right now. The fine weather holding and the days have been quite warm but it drops to near zero at night. Thirty five bird species at the camp site including Goldeneye and Egyptian Goose. The latter was a surprise - they are an East Anglian and Fenland specialty but we did not know they occurred here too. We arrived in Prague late afternoon on 19th at a campsite about 25 minutes from the city by underground. Did a bit of shopping at Lidl - didn’t feel like the extra walk to Tesco! A thunderstorm hit us in the evening, our first rain. We did Prague on 20th. Lots of tourists around but then it is a very pleasant place. We walked round and saw the sites, there is a huge tower in the city centre, probably got a name but we had no guide book, with a huge ornate clock with lots of moving parts that come into action on the hour. We could not understand why 300 tourists had gathered to look at the clock, just before 11 am. Then it all began, skeletons ringing bells, figures appearing at windows etc, quite a show but we thought the clapping an cheering was a bit over the top for a clock. Lots of other grand buildings in the city, we loved climbing to the top of the tower (Carol points out it had a lift which we used!) for the city scape. We also loved Charles bridge and we especially loved the ancient street buskers. One guy playing a saxophone must have been 90.
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| One view from the tower |
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| Come to Prague and cheer the clock |
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| Young busker fan |
