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Old Town Prague

Tuesday, March 6th, 2007

Walk around Old Town Prague. Walk around Prague, through the shadows of the tall buildings, the fancy buildings of color, brick and stone. Walk through the shadows cast by stone angels, smiling cherubs. Hear the Vltava river flowing by. See the seagulls rise and fall above it, their wings flashing in the light like sparkling confetti. Tourists walking by in expensive coats, snapping pictures. Watch them march across the bridge, endless procession of hands, feet, scarves, wallets. Baby strollers. Small poodle dogs on leashes. The crunch of sandy grit underfoot, the clatter of cobblestone. Sunlight glancing off surfaces into eyes. Grafitti on the park benches. Signs advertising ‘Souvenirs from Prague’ as though Prague were something you could buy and put in your pocket. Imagine the disappointment when, returning home, you unwrap it and find it’s just a thing, like all other things, and can’t capture the dark spires or sculpted facades or the motor of the boats going by, the call of the captains to the tourists, the flapping of 30 pigeons’ wings, the sound of a coin falling to the pavement. Prague at night is a lighted city. Small alleys turn into squares. Lampposts and sometimes neon signs. It’s like no matter where you are, or when, the city knows you’re looking at it.