Blogs from Old Town, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe - page 14

We spent some of the day in Brussels and hopped onto the plane. We then stopped off in Germany, and stayed there for a 2.5 hour stall time. And then went onto the plane to Czech Republic. Dad keeps calling it Czechoslovakia, and we keep correcting him. He's gotten used to the 'Republic' part now. I apologize for writing this late. We've been busy and tired. I also have to say I'm not going to do a 'Hopping Between' anymore, because I'm to tired to do it, and we didn't really do anything awesome that I remember. I also wanna say a big "HI~!" to Nanny and Grandpa Bob, who wrote an email to dad saying that they actually read my blogs. I'm very glad. I also want to say a "HELLO~!" to Grandma, Erin, and ... read more

Mo,30.5. bin ich zu meiner Kusine Ilona nach Kirchheim bei Muenchen gefahren.Wir hatten ein kleines Missverstaendnis, ich dachte, ich uebernachte 2 Naechte bei ihr und ihrer Schwiegerfamilie, sie ist von einem Fruehstueck am Dienstag ausgegangen. Sie waren naemlich im Stress wegen einer Familienfeier. Ich konnte trotzdem eine Nacht bei ihnen uebernachten, die zweite Nacht habe ich im Forschungszentrum Garching uebernachtet, wo Ilona studiert. Am Mittwoch bin ich nach Nuernberg zu Alex gefahren. Es hat die ganze Zeit geregnet. Ich habe festgestellt, ich brauche wohl noch Regenklamotten! Ich habe praktisch keine Pausen gemacht, weil es so kalt und ungemuetlich war. Dadurch bin ich sehr frueh angekommen:) Abends haben wir ein bisschen gefeiert. Wir wollten am naechsten Morgen eigentlich frueh hoch, um einen guten Platz bei Rock im Park zu reservieren, doch wir sind doch erst gegen 10 ... read more

People in Prague have some great, innovative ideas and execute them very well. For example, there are a lot of river boats that function as cruise boats, restaurants and hotels. But the other day I saw a boat dedicated to working out. The whole top level of the boat was filled with exercise bikes and it was blasting the Rocky song "Eye of the Tiger" which could be heard all the way down the river. There is a lot of competition for small businesses in Prague, so it's quite usual to see small businesses innovating and executing at a very high standard. The food court at the mall has both international chains and locally-owned businesses, but it is nothing like any food court I've seen in the US. One of the restaurants had a sushi conveyor ... read more

Oh, our last day in Prague and really Europe, as tomorrow we will be riding the trains all day to Brussels. I wanted to shoot a couple of photos of the Estates Theater and just look at it again. We’d arranged to meet Dieter and Inge at the base of the bridge so we left a little early to see the Estates on our way across the bridge. We met up with Dieter and Inge and none of us really had an agenda for the day. We were walking along the river, something we hadn’t done before, looking for coffee when we got close to the train up the Petrin Hill. Since we’d never been on this hill before it seemed like a good idea. At the top of the hill is an observation tower, a ... read more

When I first visited Prague, maybe 8 or 9 years ago, I was with my friends Dieter and Inge. We did a walking tour of the old town, Stare Mesto. This area was originally laid out in about 800a.d. and some structures are still used which were built in the 13th and 14th centuries. Now I’ve been to the Middle East and our own Mesa Verde so ancient is something I’ve experienced before but I’ll never forget the 1st time I saw the Estates Theater just a short walk from the square. The Estates Theater was built in 1783 and is nearly all preserved in its original state, except for the wiring for electric lights and plumbing for modern flush toilets. This is the theater where Mozart opened Don Giovanni, conducting the opera himself and Paganini, ... read more