Blogs from Prague, Czech Republic, Europe - page 4

We started out the day with a city tour. We visited the Hradcany Castle and watched the changing of the guards. Just like in the movies with the arms swinging right up to the waist and back down again. They were suppposed to be stiff-eyed but one of them kept shifting their eyes. It was hilarious to watch what was supposed to be disciplined non-movement. If I was his Sargeant I would have put him on KP duty. We went into a cathedral or two and on the way hit the Astronomical clock tower. We watched it strike 3PM and heard the trumpets go off. It was quite pleasing to watch. The smells and vibes, and visuals of the Square were eclectic. We had old styled cars driving people around from the forties and fifties. Combined ... read more

Cannot upload photos. Boo HOO. Wahhhhhhhhhhhh.. We started off innocently enough today. We met the tour group last night at an arranged dinner. We are 41 people in all. Most are retired. Sign of things to come. After about an hour and half we stopped at a road side watering hole just accross the border from Germany. Unbeknownest to me and the others on the bus, when we finished our do-do, after we flushed, we were subjected to a show of a flushing toilet we never experienced before. As the toilet flushed and arm was pushed out over the toilet seat and that arm grabbed hold of the toilet seat and began spinning the actual toilet seat around, cleaning it. the toilet seat deformed into an oval and reformed back to its original shape. It was ... read more

“I don’t think it’s safe honey, pls don’t go okay? Safety first. There’s only one you in this world and it’s not like I can buy your replacement in the supermarket he he“ – my husband half jokingly said from the other side of the globe. Now, I’m not necessarily an obedient wife all the time, but he got a point. As per my vaca “rituals” – I typically go out early morning to take sunrise shots. But I’m not comfortable with the fact that I saw too many beggars in the old town & the Charles bridge yesterday. A clearly foreign girl walking around alone when hardly any people around, is… risky… to say the least. Plus, I’m so blonde when it comes to navigation. It’s not funny to get lost. And robbed. Or worse; ... read more

We headed for Prague with step-by-step directions downloaded from Google and saved onto the computer. This worked well but it was not as relaxing as following the Garmin’s timely instructions. Also, the consequence of a wrong turn would be more time consuming and stressful! Luckily the Garmin service centre was near a motorway exit and we found our way there. The technician agreed the unit needed to be replaced but he was not able to do this because the business was only an authorised agent. However, he managed to reboot and reload the Garmin and we were soon on our way. We would have been much happier with a replacement because we were left wondering when the next failure would happen! We arrived at our accommodation, the Green Apartment, and found a rather narrow but free ... read more

Budim sa 4/15,zacinam sa balit a smer letisko. David ma vyprevadza a spravne ma naviguje na metro,vydal som sa opacnym smerom. Prichadzam k metru ,kupujem 90 min. listok za 32kc,ha ale problem v automate, hadzem tam 50kc,lenze ta sa zasekla,berem pero a natlacam ju tam.Nastastie tam vpadla a automat mi vyplaca vydavok spolu s listkom. Oznacujem listok a cakam na zlte metro smer Zlicin. Metro je skoro uplne prazdne.Na konecnej vystupujem a hladam bus c.100, ktory ide priamo na letisko. Konecne nieco bez problemov najdene. Treba pochvalit super znacenie. Hned po vyjdeny na povrch prichadza bus,sadam do nho a ide sa smer letisko. Bus je uplne plny,nastastie sedim aj s mega tazkym batohom + mala igelitka + maly batoh .Vystupujem na 4 zastavke, terminalu 1. Moj let je az 8/45,na letisku som uz 5/45.Sadam na studenu ... read more

Po rozlucke na autobusovej stanici v Seredi som nasadol do zlteho busu Turancar. Najskor bolo moje miesto obsadene ale potom si jedna pani odsadla a tak som zaujal svoje miesto. Mobil som si dal do sietky na sedadlo predomnou.jasne,ze som na nho zabudol a tesne pred tt zacala panika,idem za sofermi ci mi tam nahodou nevypadol,no veru nevypadol,tak som siel na svoje miesto a co nevidim,mobil je v sietke. Tak som ho radsej dal do ladvinky,bo som nechcel dopadnut ako ked som isiel zo sofie a musel nahanat bus na dialnici aby mi vratili penazenku. Cesta bola v pohodo az po Bratislavu,kde si za mna sadli dve kravy a celu cestu mleli debiliny. Tak som si pustil mp3 na plno a nechal sa unasat skevlou traslavou dialnicou do Prahy. Po ceste bola zastavka na 9 krizoch,tu ... read more

I am sorry for a tragedy with my photos. My camera was set for 2X digital zoom so all of my photos are a wreck. I have only Bill's to use and he missed many of the ones I wanted SO much. If you aren't here and should be, it is because a button got pushed by error on my camera.Has there ever been such a day? Today was packed with meaningful prayer time, meals and coffee times, classes to teach, meetings to attend, the rush to put on your best clothes, the fun of getting all the students and faculty in line properly to march to the graduation ceremony, the meaningful ceremony itself, the photo opportunities for family and friends of graduates and their proud families, the festal meal, hugs and kiss and congratulations, best ... read more