<p>I can help a little bit with Prague. We stayed at the Cloister Inn, and we can recommend it. It is not a luxury hotel, but it is comfortable and convenient (and not too expensive): [Hotel</a> Cloister Inn](<a href=“http://www.cloister-inn.com/]Hotel”>http://www.cloister-inn.com/)
Their website says it was just refurbished.</p>
<p>See an opera at the Estates Theatre. That’s where they premiered “Don Giovanni”: [Prague</a> Opera: Estates Theatre](<a href=“http://www.estatestheatre.cz/et_history.html]Prague”>MOZART ESTATES THEATRE PRAGUE. DOMINGO!)</p>
<p>Go, even if you don’t like opera. The theater itself is worth it. According to Wikipedia “It is the only theatre left standing where Mozart performed”. They filmed some of “Amadeus” there.</p>
<p>See the small town of Český Krumlov and the castle there. See St. Vitus Cathedral in the Prague Castle. See the Old Town Square (with the Astronomical Clock), the Charles Bridge, and Josefov (the Jewish quarter). Walk into any open church in the old town and be amazed. </p>
<p>Brush up on your German (it is sort of a second language there, and many of the channels on TV in your hotel room are in German) and take a Czech phrase book. If you venture outside of the tourist areas, there are fewer people who speak English (not that that’s a bad thing).</p>