My First Impressions of Prague

So, I have been in Prague for about two weeks now.  Overall my experience has been awesome. It seems to me that after the fall of communism there were four or five touristie shops that took over all available retail space and hold a monopoly on cheap crap.  Other than those stores the city is unbelievable.  Every building and every little alleyway is more beautiful than I could have hoped.  The buildings make me think of what Paris and Munich would look like mashed together.  They have the Architectural style of Paris, which I think is very grand and ornate, combined withe the bright colors of Bavarian buildings in the center of Munich, which just look really happy to me.  Additionally it is hard to go anywhere without finding a huge sculpture or extravagant work of some kind on every side of the buildings in the center of the city.  Top notch there Czech Republic.  The outskirts of the city are not as beautiful but hey, what are you gonna do.  Even then though, the rundown parts of the city still have amazing sculptures in them, or have ancient churches or graveyards.  Basically the whole city, even the "bad" parts are way cooler than anything in the US.