I lived in Prague for a few years in the mid-90's (if you saw the TGI Friday's restaurant on Na Prikope, that was my fault. Sorry.). Along with Krakow and Vienna, it's the most beautiful major city in Central Europe - a great place to live, with daily moments you take for granted there, but would kill for anywhere else, like walking to a restaurant in Mala Strana across the Charles Bridge at night with the Castle lit up, or walking across Old Town Square in the fog. Nice photo from the castle, btw, was the other one taken on Kampa island?

The city recovered pretty quickly from communism, it was already pretty advanced 6-7 years ago. By now it must be approaching the same status as some western European cities in many ways.