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No, I didn’t go to the Museum of Erotica 😛 – as I have been to something similar in Amsterdam four years ago. When I went to the one in Amsterdam, the visitors tried to remain serious while looking at the exhibits and pictures in a ‘scientific’ manner. Of course, they had to release some chuckles from time to time. So, no, I’m skipping the Museum of Erotica, but I followed my friend’s suggestion to revisit the castle – I went to the Golden Lane first thing in the morning. It was wet and cold so at least there weren’t many tourists around – I did get in after a bunch of Japanese tourists though, so Japanese was the flavour of the morning if yesterday was Italian. *grin*. The Golden Lane was interesting and quaint and I did take a couple of pictures – I thought about buying a Mucha stained glass picture to display at home but they were too expensive.

Today, as the title suggests, I have learned a lot – I went to the Josefov (Jewish Quarter) after I had finished with the Golden Lane. I went to see the Old Jewish Cemetery, The Pinkas Synagogue, The Klaus Synagogue, and The Ceremonial Hall. The main reason I saw those synagogues was because they were included as part of the ticket price to visit the Old Jewish Cemetery. It was quite touching to see the drawings of the Jewish schoolchildren who were interned at Terezin, located outside Prague, before they were killed in various death camps. Reading and learning directly what the Jews have gone through, either through the exhibits in Prague, and through the museums and exhibits in Berlin, have given me a new insight on how badly they were demonised.

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