And here's this semester's first photo of the week!
Photo and Text by Sarah Tillou, taken this January during the Winter Intercession Europe Tour.
Photo and Text by Sarah Tillou, taken this January during the Winter Intercession Europe Tour.
My picture was taken in Prague, Czech Republic while I was on the Winter Intercession Europe Tour throughout January. This particular photo was taken of the Vltava River, which runs beneath the Charles Bridge. This bridge, which is on the top of every Prague visitor’s must see list, is a stone Gothic bridge that connects Old Town and Mala Strana.
It is also popular with Czech artists, musicians and souvenir vendors whose stands line both sides of the bridge year-round. We found that a great time of day to come to the bridge is just before sunset when one can enjoy a breathtaking view of the fully lit buildings over the river.
The bridge is decorated with 30 statues and statuaries, most of them Baroque style, like the one that is shown in the picture.
Our time spent in Prague was filled with plenty of walking and tours of beautiful sites throughout the city. Prague’s specific red roofs, which you can see in this picture, will put their print on every view of the city. Along with the roofs, Prague’s architecture was unlike anything I had ever seen. One of my favorite sites we saw while in Prague was the John Lennon Wall. Since the 1980s, this wall has been filled with Lennon-inspired graffiti and lyrics from numerous Beatles songs.
Our three-day trip to Prague set the tone for a very exciting tour throughout Europe and is definitely a place I would love to go back to in the future.
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Don't forget, the Prague Summer Program Info Session is next Monday, February 6, 4pm-5pm in Tucker Forum!
You can also check out the blog for the 2012 Europe Tour. Among other things, it has a list of places students visited and posts by students on topics related to journalism and strategic communications in Europe.
It is also popular with Czech artists, musicians and souvenir vendors whose stands line both sides of the bridge year-round. We found that a great time of day to come to the bridge is just before sunset when one can enjoy a breathtaking view of the fully lit buildings over the river.
The bridge is decorated with 30 statues and statuaries, most of them Baroque style, like the one that is shown in the picture.
Our time spent in Prague was filled with plenty of walking and tours of beautiful sites throughout the city. Prague’s specific red roofs, which you can see in this picture, will put their print on every view of the city. Along with the roofs, Prague’s architecture was unlike anything I had ever seen. One of my favorite sites we saw while in Prague was the John Lennon Wall. Since the 1980s, this wall has been filled with Lennon-inspired graffiti and lyrics from numerous Beatles songs.
Our three-day trip to Prague set the tone for a very exciting tour throughout Europe and is definitely a place I would love to go back to in the future.
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Don't forget, the Prague Summer Program Info Session is next Monday, February 6, 4pm-5pm in Tucker Forum!
You can also check out the blog for the 2012 Europe Tour. Among other things, it has a list of places students visited and posts by students on topics related to journalism and strategic communications in Europe.
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