Prague was the core place of my Europe trip because I attended the scientific conference here. The conference, as usual, was boring but I learnt new things and got new inputs to my research project for sure. And eight participants took my A4-size copies of my poster, out of my expectation!!
Prague is truly a beautiful city. Luckily, the weather in Prague in the days we visited was very nice so we could see the magnificent panorama of Prague from Prague Castle. (Go to my online album to have a look!) To have the closest look of Prague, what to do is just walk, no bus, metro or tram. We started walking from the Prague Castle, then St Nichole Church, Charles Bridge, Old Town Square, Wenceslas Square.......... There are so many attractions to visit but I advice you don't try to skip anyone of them. They are all beautiful!! We bought "Prague Card" to assess most of the attractions.
Prague was also an important city in the history of Classical music. Mozart, my favorite composer, visited Prague several times in his late life and composed three important and grand pieces: Don Giovanni, 'Prague' Symphony and La clemenza di Tito. Mozart liked Prague very much because of the success of his music. Another important composers who are related closely to Prague are Dvorak and Smetana. Both of them are the pioneer of Nationalistic music. Symphonic poem cycle 'My Country' is the national music of Czech.
We watched "The Magic Flute", opera by Mozart, in the Prague State Opera House on March 7. This was the first time to watch opera in Europe.
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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)
“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)
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