Blogs from Prague, Czech Republic, Europe - page 182

Well, my last trip to Europe did not work out due to the illness of my travel partner, and a variety of other things. Soooooo......I am trying again. This time with an old friend, and travel buddy. We will leave next Thursday for Europe. Kris will fly into Munich, and I will fly into Frankfurt. We will then either fly Ryanair, or take a train into Austria. After meeting up there......we will begin our 'journey'. We have purchased an Eastern Eurorail ticket that covers Austria, Poland, Czech., Slovakia, and Hungary. I am sooooooooo excited. It's been much too long since I've been across the BIG POND. It's late now, so better bring this to a close. Will write more as the time draws near. Look out Europe.....here we come~!... read more

Every Wednesday the seminary provides a van and a driver to take people grocery shopping. We always go to the Delvita grocery store. Why? Because it is the closest one. Life is simple. Last year, while here, I looked at the Delvita logo and thought, "That lion sure looks familiar." Then I realized it is the same lion that Food Lion uses in the states? I wondered if there were a connection. Yes, there is. Delvita and Food Lion are owned by the same parent company. The owner may be the same, but the groceries stocked in the stores are quite different. Considering the two cultures are quite different this is not surprising. For instance the canned vegetable section here takes up about five shelves ... not five sections of selving, but five shelves. Czechs are ... read more

I have seen so many films lately its awesome! Yesterday I saw 5 and Saturday I saw about 10. There is an international film festival in Prague this week called One World. Some of the films are so depressing but it is interesting to here what is going on in the rest of the world. They also showed the films that were up for best documentary at the Oscars on Saturday night till 3am. I didn't stay the whole time though. The film that hit me the most was called "Coca - The dove from Chechnya". It was so heavy the whole time. It was about the murders that are happening in Chechnya and the conflicts. The film documents strong women trying to get human rights for the people. The main woman has been smuggling tapes ... read more

Geo: 50.0878, 14.4205Hi all,We have arrived. Sorry for the delay. After a very long day of travel... one canceled flight and one delayed flight, two trains and a car (20+ hours of travel) we made it to Prague. Fighting time change and exhaustion we hit the town that night. We decided the best place to start was the oldest brewery in town, U Fleku. Great place, dark beer and goulash. Guys playing um-pa music and people singing. It was fabulous. We then hit El Gott another brewery. Smaller and not as nice. Stayed for one Budweiser (the real one) and then started our way back to the apartment. We stumbled upon a midevil themed restaurant and had to go in. Well, it was great. Good beer, mead and cool atmosphere.Sunday we hit the castle. This castle ... read more

Rio used to advertise that they were the only city in the world that had sidewalks constructed, in patterns, of black and white stones. We learned this was not quite true the first time we visited Salvador, Bahia way back in 1970. Salvador is another Brazilian city that lies right on the coast some 750 miles north of Rio. We took a number of photos of the black and white stone sidewalks in Salvador at that time and Nancy used them in a photography class she took at Towson University. I expect there are a fair number of cities around the world that have this type of sidewalk and Prague is one of them. We like them, and thought that perhaps you would also. So here are some photos of Prague's black and white stone sidewalks. ... read more