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After davening at the Noda Beyhuda we ubered back to Prague to check out Wenceslas Square which is just a huge promenade wit shops some cool statues and buildings.
20180508_154749 by ProIsrael Israel, on Flickr
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After that we decided to go eat at Dinmitz the food was decent we got the pargiot sandwhich and the steak sandwhich as well as the hummos platter (3.75/5).
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After supper we headed to daven inside the Old-New Shul of the Maharal. Like it is written in the Prague Wiki there is a minyan there for Mincha-Maariv at 19:30 and you can see the shul for free. When we arrived there were already a couple of people there waiting. We waited and waited but nobody came to open the doors and we were stuck. We decided to daven in the street. We were about 15-20 people all davening in the middle of the street....not sure the last time that might have happened in Prague....
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For our second and last day of Prague we went to Breakfast again at the Chabad restaurant this time got the Pancakes which were pretty good.
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We had checked out of the AirBnB already and left our stuff at the restaurant so we can tour a little without shlepping the luggage with us. We headed straight from the restaurant to the kever of the Maharal. Now don't get me wrong but I think it is disgusting that they have turned it into a tourist location. In order to go daven at OUR Rabonim I should have to pay 20-30$!! I do not care for the history or to go into the million shuls all I needed to do was daven but I need to wait on a line for 20 minutes to pay, wait while all the tour groups slowly make their way around the cemetery in order to daven (rant over). We went to the MAharal which is along the back wall of the cemetery and then headed to the Klei Yakor also along the back wall.
20180509_113019 by ProIsrael Israel, on Flickr
Maharal:
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Klei Yakor:
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After davening we figured since we paid for the pass we might as well check out the different shuls in the area. After the 2 shuls next to the cemetery we headed over to the Maharal shul to check it out. There are some really interesting parts to the shul and I guess its a must visit but its a visit for maximum 30 minutes. My cousin was really dissapointed the Golem didn't come to visit or invite us into his home. So he tried to figure a way into the attic but they have blocked any kind of attempt....
20180509_120959 by ProIsrael Israel, on Flickr
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Maharal Shul:
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Public oven (for Shabbos) in the shul??
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After that we headed over to the Chabad meat restaurant which is located in the Chabad house. The food was great, we ordered food for the VERY long train ride back to Budapest, I believe I got a steak skewers and he got beef and for the train he got a hamburger and I got Schnitzel. Chabad also has a tiny little makolet where they sell basic items, mostly nosh.
20180509_144405 by ProIsrael Israel, on Flickr
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We took another Uber to the train station and boarded our First Class trip for 7 hours to Budapest. The train passes through Czechoslovakia and a little of Slovakia and then into Hungary. The ride is mostly boring scenery, however there was a point we passed through some flower fields which were stunning! You do pass through Bratislavia and had we left on the slightly earlier train I would have made the stop there for an hour to go see the Chasam Sofer but alas that was not meant to be. We got into Budapest at around 10pm we hiked the streets to get to the apartment (around 30 minutes). The next morning at around 330 we had a taxi to the airport for our 6am flight back to Israel.
Vienna Train Station:
20180509_152659 by ProIsrael Israel, on Flickr
Flower fields:
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First Class Cabin almost like Etihad apartments...
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Overall I would recommend Vienna over Prague but if you have the time Prague is a must see.
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