A Beautiful Pitcher

March 30th 2006
The pottery on display may never have graced the table of royalty, but it is functional and beautiful and I am sure it was prized by its owners in the past. Surely it is now prized by the museum. I don't much care for items that WERE intended for royalty. I think I read somewhere that one way to judge the level of a culture is to look at ordinary everyday items and see if the people had ... read more

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Following the First World War, the closely related Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to form Czechoslovakia. During the interwar years, the new country's leaders were frequently preoccupied with meeting the demands of ot... ... read more

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Bill & Nancy Lively

Bill and Nancy

We are retired librarians. Nancy worked for the Board of Education and Bill operated a one person engineering library for a communications company. Travel has been one of our passions our entire marriage. Originally we thought this blog would report only on our trip to Prague. However, we have decided to add entries and photos previous trips. We hope you enjoy them. Visited Countries Map http://www.worldmapmaker.com/view-map.php?map_id=... full info

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