I arrived in Prague (Praha) on October 4. After a car, a bus, two planes, a couple of buses at Charles de Gaulle, another plane, another bus, a subway, and a tram, I found myself in Nusle, a neighborhood a few kilometers south of the center. I checked into the Pension Madona for three nights. The pension was OK, nothing special, but it was certainly nice to stay in an out-of-the-way area, far from the traffic and crowds. And with the excellent public transport- the tram was only a block or two away- getting downtown was easy.

Much of Prague is big decorated roomblocks, like in the picture. Nusle happens to be an area where that ends, and some "regular" houses start. It's just an ordinary neighborhood, with shops, small businesses, and a very popular Italian restaurant (it appears the Czechs really like Italian food).