Prague, currently among the cheapest vacation spots in Europe, is waiting for YOU!

Quick! Book your tickets! If you have not seen Prague yet, NOW is your chance! The Prague Post reports that because of the strength of the US Dollar in currency markets, Prague is currently among the cheapest European vacation destinations in Europe. You can use the Come Hell or High Water books as guides to the local historical sites (the Old Town Square, the Little Town across the river, the spectacular Charles Bridge, the castle-cathedral complex of buildings — including Golden Alley — overlooking the city) as well as the WONDERFUL self-guided walking tours that you can find here.

I will be there for a week in early April that is part-vacation and part-research for a new novel set in 1600s Prague. At that time, Prague was one of the main business contacts between Western Europe and the Moslem Turks; it was also one of the most important “black markets” of castrated European men sold to the Turks as eunuchs. There are several tales in Prague about Turkish ghosts from that period. A novel set in that period will give me the chance to explore Turkish and Muslim folklore and magic as well as Czech folklore and magic.

I have never been disappointed by Prague’s beauty, no matter what time of year I arrived. This is your chance to stay in the Biskupsky Dum hotel (where Elizabeth, the Dearg-due killed a victim or two), walk along the Charles River (where both a tourist and an Evil Conference professor each met a bad end), and stand in the plaza at the apse-end of the cathedral where Svetovit was worshipped with the sacrifice of black rooster.

Or just bring me along with you as your private tour guide!
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