The Photogenic Perfection of Prague..........

Prague has to be one of the most beautifully picturesque cities in the whole of Europe always requiring multiple return visits. I first went shortly after the Velvet Revolution in 1991 when there was still no such thing as private enterprise, marketing consisted of three tins stacked in a pyramid in a shop window, and you had to eat at lunchtime otherwise the food would have all run out. Supermarkets were stocked with aisles and aisles of pickled gherkins and Bohemian champagne, but there was no fresh fruit or vegetables in sight, and every morning we played Russian roulette with the eggs - only one out of six was ever edible. Only trabants and skodas were on the roads................Oh how times have changed!! (and obviously in many ways for the better)

Now on my fourth visit this summer almost twenty years later, it seems all very reminiscent of the film "Goodbye Lenin" as I gaze in wonderment at this chic cosmopolitan upmarket city with fresh strawberries and grapes stacked on every stall, extremely efficient tourist infrastructure including Skoda tours of the Old Town, and restaurants ranging the entire International gamut from Indian to Thai. Of course there is more than a hint of nostalgia for times gone by as I wander around camera in hand trying to decide which suits Prague best - monochrome, sepia or colour?? What do you think??

Are some cities more photogenic than others or is it simply in the hands and eye of the photographer??

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