Czech, Slovak Repub and Hungary

Old Town Square, Prague, Czech Republic.

The Jewish Cemetery at Josefov in Prague, Czech Republic. This is an eerie place adjacent to the Jewish Museum was spared by the Nazis as a "memorial to an extinct race".

Changing of the Guard at Prague Castle,Czech Republic.

St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague, Czech Republic.

Rooftops in Prague, Czech Republic.

Rooftops in Prague, Czech Republic.

Prague is "City of 1000 Spires". These are St. Vitus at Prague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic

St. Vitus Cathedral's flying buttress, Prague, Czech Republic.

Sedlec ossuary in suburb of Kutna Hora near Prague. The official explanation is: The skeletons have been artistically arranged to form decorations and furnishings for the chapel. All the bones were the victims of the Silesian wars and epidemics.

Sedlec ossuary in suburb of Kutna Hora near Prague. The official explanation is: The skeletons have been artistically arranged to form decorations and furnishings for the chapel. All the bones were the victims of the Silesian wars and epidemics.

The beautiful town of Ceske Budejovice. Renaissance and Baroque buildings surround the largest square in the Czech Republic. Ceske Budejovice is in the South Bohemia district.

Ceske Krumlov is a jewel of architecture -- mostly 16th century. This spire is over the Cathedral of St Vitus in the Czech gothic style. Note the man hanging off the left hand side. I made this image in 2000 but it was only this year (2011) that I saw him. Ceske Krumlov is on the UNESCO Would Heritage List.

Ceske Krumlov is a jewel of architecture -- mostly 16th century. This is one of the church spires. Ceske Krumlov is on the UNESCO Would Heritage List.

The beautiful Low Tatras mountains in Central Slovakia.

The craggy peaks of the High Tatras in Central/Eastern Slovakia.

Above the town of Tatranska Lomnica, the summit of Lomnicky stit affords a view across the Tatras' jagged crest.

Above the town of Tatranska Lomnica, the summit of Lomnicky stit affords a view across the Tatras' jagged crest.

Above the town of Tatranska Lomnica, the summit of Lomnicky stit affords a view across the Tatras' jagged crest.

Fresco in the ceiling of the Eger Cathedral (Josef Hild, 1836). Eger Hungary.

Fisherman's Bastion reflected in the windows of the controversial Budapest Hilton. Castle Hill.

Fisherman's Bastion reflected in the windows of the controversial Budapest Hilton.