Walking tours seemed to be popular in both Budapest and Prague. We chose one recommended by our hostel, Free Prague Tours. Their tours are run by students who work on tips. It was a great tour - informational and entertaining so I would recommend it to anyone visiting the Prague in the future.
(Below) Our tour guide was named Huw - he was Welsh. First stop was the Astronomical Clock which is notable as the oldest-still-working-machine in the world. According to Huw, that is.
Above is the outside of the only concert hall that Mozart performed in that is still standing. And below is a Pieta outside of the Church of St. James, known for its display of a mummified forearm right inside the doors. According to legend, it belonged to a would-be thief intent on stealing jewels from the Madonna statue at the alter who was shocked when she came alive. His arm had to be sawed off to free him from her vice-like grip the next morning.
The image above and those below are of the Jewish Quarter. Formerly a walled ghetto, it is home to multiple synagogues and the Old Jewish Cemetery which dates back to the 14th Century. Those interred are buried in layers due to lack of space.
In the photo below, it is possible to see a large metronome which sways back and forth as one would expect it to. During the Communist rule of the city, a statue of Stalin stood in its place.
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