Prague

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I will always remember Prague as being a great city of light that is filled with music.

Everywhere we wandered we heard street musicians playing, singing and dancing. Accordians seemed to dominate the sound field but there were also basses, horns - especially trumpets - and flutes. In the morning the music was lively. It was music designed for dancing quickly or shopping everywhere. Later in the day the music seemed to become more classical.


Your shopping excursions could take you down a block a short distance and you would begin to hear another group of street musicians, if you turned and went in the other direction, you would soon begin to hear someone else.

The music not only resonnated and echoed from building to building, but it seems amplified by the sounds of traffic and the pace of the pedestrians.

Meanwhile the light from the sun penetrated into the city. Amazing, considering that the buildings rise above rather narrow streets. This is probably due to the large amount of glass used in the buildings. So the sunlight reflects and reflects and reflects. I didn't know Light could echo until I came to Prague! Wow.