You can take a lifetime running through Europe looking at Cathedrals, but if you're vsiting a major city, you have to at least go look.St. Vitus is on the top of the hill and across the river from the old city. There's even a picture somewhere where we climbed the town tower in the old city and took a picture of St. Vitus from afar, which looks pretty cool.
Anyway, St. Vitus is one of the major Czech saints (don't know exactly what he did - oops, missed that part of the tour). King Wenceslas (yes, he really did exist in more than just a Christmas carol) is buried in the Church, and he overlooks the royal jewels. Unfortunately, we didn't get to see them, since they are locked up most of the time. Apparently, 7 of the most important leaders of the Czech Republic each have a key and only during major state events (like the swearing in of a new president) are they on public display.
We did climb to the 280+ steps to the top spire and took some great pictures of the city. And there are several over the top Baroque chapels inside.
