Central Europe 2019

This is the day we actually spent the morning in the Spanish Synogogue. We walked again through the Jewish Quarter and saw the shops with yarmulkes, Golem cookies (a anthropomorphic creature created from mud by Rabbi Bezalel that initially was helpful and then had to be destroyed because it turned bad – I’m a little unclear about it) and menorahs.

We walked over to the Little Quarter again and found the Lennon Wall. It spontaneously arose at the news of his death and persists despite efforts to end it. Now it is celebrated and is a place of expression. The Beatles still touch us all.

People were adding to the wall while we were there. It must be layers and layers deep.

This was a more artisan area after you got off the main street at the St Charles Bridge. Some quiet parks and residences. And this nice place to watch the world go by from.

Dinner near our hotel (Katr) and then we returned to the Spanish Synagogue for a concert performed by members of the Czech Collegium Symphony Orchestra. Three violins, a cello, an expressive bassist and a female soloist. Varied program: Bolero, Carmine Burana, Elvira, a little Gerschwinn and then traditional Jewish songs. Sounds a little weird when I write it, but the music was lovely and the acoustics astounding. Finished with Hava Nagila (Let Us Rejoice). That’s the thing about vacations – they pique your curiousity enough to do things like look up the titles of songs you’ve heard for years to give you context.

And another day sets.

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