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charles bridge products, most famous landmark. only the early birds among you will ever get to see it this empty. it's 7 am and i've managed to beat the crowds the bridge, the vault of a river. the spires now seems to be the perfect time to take it all in. the vibe is very special. progress. one of the most visited cities in all of europe, and that's not really surprising if you consider that it's been a political and cultural center in europe since the middle ages. so what's left of all of that today, we're about to find a new join me in prague for a day. ah, you'll get to know famous author franz kafka. i

learn more about those ian dumplings, a prompt classic and will explore the bulk of the city's main artery. ah, frog is the capital of the czech republic and home to some 1300000 people. since it's my 1st time in town, i'm getting help from a local cafe, flavio i'm meeting actor and tour guide christian mice trick. before we hit the town, i want to learn some basic check skills. i mean, i would like to be able to be polite. okay. i met hello, hello. yes. so you know, hello, it's with hello. if you say hello, it's like a whole, like little bit more formula. so when you come to the shopping, it's like a hoity is not the best thing you can do something to do, but he doesn't like guten soc is saying. gluten dog is w, nobody den that nobody to somebody them almost perfect. somebody will be there.

then you need it, then you should from a know how to say goodbye. now, let me know, i'll never think i will have to stay here forever. that's a good idea. i would love people like it. all right? not fun. i know they're not a more informal way of saying that like why you're thinking about it. which brings us to think because if you want to say like the bird and it's really official really polite, you can say nick will. but nick was really hard to say, which is like thanks. i don't think it is good. i can let that rolls off of that. yeah. but before you say, you should say like police or something like that. yeah. so it's a good news for you because we use processing because we are really influenced by germans for so many centuries. so we use it in the same case as you do. so when you don't understand like so when you say like you welcome for us and as well for see

could you? well, so it's really useful. oh yeah. and it's easy to remember compared to all the other ones. i mean it all seem perfect. ah christiane tells me that prague is full of history. the gallus market, for example, has been around since the 13th century. it's remarkable how well maintained the old town. in 1092, prague city center was declared a unesco world heritage. our 1st stop is the old town square and friend up the old town hall. a ticket for the tower. it costs $250.00 check crowns. yup. prague as part of the you, but not the euro zone, that's about 10 years. at 41 meters, you'll have to city at your feet. why

is progress called the golden, the city? i think it's in the time that they started to use it, prague was one of the capitals of seats, place of the holy roman empire for the emperor vas, we don't use it anymore. surely we locals don't use it as much. we, you know, we use the expression mother of 100 us pires here because if you look up from the window from the bars, because he, the us pires everywhere. actually, i would say there's even more definitely done. hundreds of them at the top of every hour tourists gather in front of the astronomical clock on the town hall facade, to witness a little play. but the true highlight is the. so it was built in 1410,

a gothic masterpiece. but even find today's standard a bit hard to read. when the sun is, there's a golden hands. you see it. yeah. and the golden hand is pointing out of numbers. but the roman golden numbers in a blue, satisfied at that all re and exact 3 it that, that's like, let's say this just, well this was like 12121230 does not really precise. oh yeah, i saw only one, but the sun, if you look, this is the hands and here's the song. song moves on the excess. yeah, so in summer on a summer sauce this it's s but it from the sun to as possible. and on a winter solstice as close to the center as possible. and it's interesting because you see the blue path, the red pod and the black park. yeah. so when the sun is in a blue one, it's still today, then it gets to the sunset, then there's a night and then there's the sunrise in the day. and you can see when it's in the us closer center. yeah, it's in winter, so it gets alley or not. and then in summer it's later maybe about

a stick used really quickly on the bottom you have the history and you have the archangel michael, you have the astral just and you have the philosopher. yeah. over there on the top, you have the guy with a merge, which represents vanity. yeah. then you have the guy which is a greeter. you know, i don't know if you want to talk about that, but in medieval time, jewish people were the only thing they were allowed to do by it was christian. where banking, don't i want to talk to you anything out of the out of the ghetto, except they were good to doctors done. we needed them. so we allow them nicely to get him. but what i'm trying to say is this guy is representing reader, and he's done like a jewish jewish. also, it's a lot of really politically corey. and then there's a skeleton, discuss and rings about die and is death. it's quite remarkable that again would be depicted in such a way that time, isn't it? whatever you do, the message is then then, but india is the death. so just like try to fill the life as

a full. so life has as much as we can do that it's really beautiful. this where is a must for every prague visitor. as you can see, we're not alone. so where are you from? where from scotland for mexico? some come from austin, texas from st. proof. what brings you to prague? why prague? asked betty fuson and her foot. i didn't wondering about at she to just get the atmosphere is the kind of thing that we like to do and to sort of soak it all in. it's a museum in itself. oh, it's wonderful in for is heard progress such a beautiful city. and it is with a local mom which i looked at. it's true what you hear about prague, sites and culture. there was a piano player in the metro station and music on the bridge and i was the guy legacy wedding, tennessee, for the buildings was hosting for the structure of the town and the food and the food of course food. good point. time for

a little snack. christiane takes me to try a cheque classic with a modern twist. these are like slightly still fairly similar to lecture classes, but they also are you running is like, oh, give me 3, give me the one with the potato. sorry. give me one with the ham you did and you go to work. oh, by the way, every single party we have new years eve birthday parties. we have these open place . and with the i just saw a term to pry can also be a culinary experience. and if you have the time and are still hungry, i have another recommendation for you. traditional check dumplings, i promise you won't regret it. how spongy fluffy unsolved. these are

a must have side dish in the czech republic. the yeast dumplings are a classic of check cuisine. check chefs, like thomas catalina and lucas weggit east would have needed several 1000 dumplings in just their 1st year of apprenticeship. ready the basic recipe is simple home with. so the chick dog things who really need the chicklow. what else? we won't milk to ex, freshies. so sugar. and to celebrate. the bread comes later lou cash 1st mixes the other ingredients and needs the dough to the right consistency. then he adds the stale bread cubes back in the days. goods. how do recipe? probably started the youth up the old bread and the dough has to rise for about 40 minutes before its formed into rolls and left to rise again. then the dumplings

are ready to boil and finish dumped in a to tender to cut with a knife in the traditional way. lu, cash used as a thread to slice the rolls because if you cut it didn't i use freeze. the dumpling flood with warm, served with goulash duck o roast, meets the dumplings, arranged in finger thick slices. they compliment hardy dishes because that light i'm fluffy, but they pack a punch. 100 grams of dumb kings have 184 calories almost 3 times as many as boiled potatoes. schmidt, delicious spectacle tastes really, really good, but it is also really filling food. i cite for dumplings with sauce i'm foam and

he's so prox time on that coffee house is also service suite version checked them. things with a fruity sweet filling. mm. these dumplings are with one of the pillars. so for the food that we sell in the restaurant, because it's a very traditional thing, we maintain them because historically, there was a big version of the thing dumplings in in this region. because during the summer time the food would be all over the place. and it was the main dish of nutrients. it was sweet to get that energy from the flower and from the curb. it was the cheapest thing to eat, the cheque government even awards a certificate to restaurants of national cuisine. they serving high quality traditional dishes like checked dumplings and received the cheque specials award. mm hm. you

may have heard of the writer franz kafka, perhaps even more famous than the charles birds. he's one of products, most important claims to fade. you'll run into him all around his home town, post cards and souvenir shops, or as a modern culture. i don't, if you can see the layers actually are moving or not and how of unfortunately, but in special like every whole hour, it's just the moving into a different program. so it goes like a spiral. it goes exact different programs and because the most famous piece made by who have written by franz kafka is for van long let on what was it? so the author of the sculptor called it natural morsels as, as changing metals. there's one in progress called k, apparently like kafka and like joseph k, which is one of the characters from his noble been since 2005. there's been a museum in the city dedicated entirely to kafka. the man who had one day become one of most well known authors belong to the cities german speaking minority

with. but faith only came after his untimely death. at 40 years of age. during his lifetime, he worked at an insurance company who was franz kafka, franz kafka when i'm the think people in prague, i'm saying progress so beautiful because there were checks germans and juice living together and from scott christ. actually a really good example of this corporation or cultivating because he was a check george german. and by the way, he was an alter by the way it was, i know that world wide famous all through one of the definitely one of the most famous ones. we have definitely, i think forensic was really interesting personal it, that's what i do. i agree. what do we know about him as a other person? because this is dedicated to his time before he even was a, a writer actually it's interesting because all his life is somehow mainly connected with proc, you know,

so he really loved them. he said he would never leave it unless they would burn it from both ends. and also he really loved product, cough guesswork, explores existential anxiety and the absurdity of the mundane and english that even inspired a new adjective. the word cask i ask, is used to describe something bizarrely complex or nightmare actually illogical. by the afternoon, the charles bridge is indeed pretty crowded despite the unfavorable weather, but apparently still no comparison to the time before. the pandemic back then proc was overflowing with tour with brag, was having a bit of a problem before the pandemic with over tour. definitely definitely. so how big of a problem is it then right now, be slightly getting to the high numbers, but as i said before, we giving out in 2019 we had like 8000000 people coming to brock. and now we are,

they say we are getting to like 54 to person of that as a to work out you of course, want people coming to your city. you're right. so what is problematic about too many people coming or that amount? if it is through the atmosphere, you know, you see all these posters like the proc castillo, or charles ridge like know people really like a roof like a really romantic atmosphere. the orbit tourism really kills the atmosphere and actually even destroys that thing with this image. and there's like a 1000000 tons of people coming with really destroy the stuff as well. so how can that be managed? tell because this is a beautiful city and you've done like a great work showing it to me. thank you. but how can you keep people out? honestly, i think there's like, because we have the inner city, but we have as well, so many beautiful district all around the main city. i mean the, the main center. so we have like districts which we're really industry are like, whole issue of it's gotta lead cisco than we have really push areas like vantage

over and over that. so there's so many things to explore just in a widest at the center. so what i think is the solution is just to, to little bit direct the people out of the city center and to explore with them. these are beautiful areas. thank you so much, summer sharing your think. somebody who is in loveland you're meeting with . we've got some hot tips for your bucket list. romantic corner tread hotspot for food check and some great cultural memorials to boot w travel off we go. or if you happen to visit prague on a rainy day, i have another recommendation for you. take

a little spin on the valve cover. mm hm. and joined by sonya, she's a product native and has worked as a guide in her hometown for the past 15 years. a. how important is the river for the people of the most important? and because it's santia in south during bohemia and need to end in hunger. so which mean it was a, it was a trade, it was a want to wait until late to bring to products. the brand isn't very interesting because it from on the other side in the market because that's how it's not civil to build a market because you want to not have the area to which mean demand get to flat, well suck, show to hear what they need to build a market here,

and you have to have the connection isn't one of the casa and the market. so the charles bridge was already an important, next is back that the bridge was built with no statues on. there was a kind of way, like reagan's blu ray h by this fancy was way added in the 17th century. and it's catholic propaganda. we were not catholics, we were reformers. yeah. so which mean we lost the wall? what to do with does you have to be got told it? so let's to play. yeah, that's the stack use. and you don't need to go to church because every single statue is a patron and the same. and you can break to it. right? that people come to prayer as we have the john off neck from oak on the bridge, and he was the confessor. so the people were confessing. those are factual because they said he is a ride run. and the breeze are not the right one because they are not behaving according to the bible. so they were coming to confess. this is start you of chung,

off naples rather than going to the church. sonya wants to show me a different part of frog beyond the old town, a neighbourhood where the actual locals live and tourists are still a bit of a rarity. we're off to o lesh of it's the hip part of town. fancy wilhelmina and buildings in a district that grew during the industrialization. this is where sonia lives. she takes me to her favorite cafe. so could i not he me done with my whole fear locating me. it's one of my favorite grocery is so unexpected. i know that's like some think like a small paradise or

a little paradise. exactly. so there are a lot of different plans and you can be sitting here, always fun to co phrase, very good or making ever seen home made and really, really good. one good coffee. you don't have to tell me twice with sonya explains that only 20 years ago valesh ebitda was a grey and dull part of town that has seen a lot of change in the past year. and so you chose to live here. what does that you appreciate about how leisure mid july i did for you durham? m d a. relax. no. i was seeing what i need for my living is here. i don't

need to, as i mentioned before, i do need to go to the city center and the price is lower than the touristic center. therefore, we do not live to dine. so we're in the city center because the prizes are here for us, better and me a few dollars, a bubba bakery that day is on a doris round. that is a tea room here. you can choose what you, i have everything you need. exactly. so if you will like to me, check people come here and enjoy living to us because we apply a very hard to opening people and we like to speak with the foreigners finally, sonya takes me back to the old town here too. you can find corners that are not overrun before we finally try some of the famous check be or she wants to show me something. the bar she has taken me to was built on the remnants of one of the oldest houses in prague. looks like it must have been

a pretty lavish house or the time. right. this is the name of the house is at cooney. dondo crunched on there was a really very famous, rich family. and one of our a king came from the family. oh, which means we are speaking about the money here, the real in money? by best, the family didn't live here. that was for the soldiers. okay. so the sullen trust sleeve had to perfect for melinda. pamela live on. that's the 1st floor. so which means here they have to really so help and protect the family. in the case of an attack on the 1st floor today, the pub will crunch dot to where you can choose between 100 different kinds of beer . or where better to learn about the countries favorite drink with. so what makes

a check there? so special hopes and we'll talk we have a very special help on day been here and there are a bitterness. and this is very special. be, i mean the hot water is also very specialized. so if mean, if you have the hawks all the procedure and you do it somewhere else, the water is different and will not be facing the same way. what is it about the water? is it very soft? a combination of minerals. ok. so the combination of noise make the best longer and right. and i heard that in the czech republic, there is more per capita consumption of beer than anywhere in the world. we beat view with britain and australia into yeah. but i think it's thanks to you guys because you are coming here to bring back the rate is a lot the checks. it's the germans that come in and drink all your beer tiers to

that. yeah, i mean we can blame them. ah, night has fallen and time has come to bid prog farewell back. where it all started on charles bridge. mm mm. and even in this time, i'm not entirely by myself. the mass tourism that late the city before the pandemic has not returned the way many fear. mm. and hate, who can blame people for being attracted to this beauty? it's a perfect blend of history and modernity with so much to offer, especially off the beaten path with

ah, that's my day and progress already over there is of course a lot more to see and discover. but i still hope you enjoy to get a little taste of the check capital time now for me to say goodbye or better yet not let her know. ah ah ah, ah, with

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