Prague; Budapest; A tale of two cities.(TRAVEL) From: The Washington Times | Date: March 11, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 The Washington Times LLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Corinna Lothar, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

PRAGUE - From my window, I watched crowds of young Italian and Czech schoolboys scamper across the Charles Bridge, stopping to gaze at the sandstone sculptures, black with age, that adorn both sides of the pedestrian bridge joining Prague's Old Town (Stare Mesto) with the Little or Lesser Quarter (Mala Strana).

It was from the bridge that St. John Nepomuk was thrown to his watery death in the 14th century...

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