Sunflower Prague

... all. Hitler's ideas were very sicken. Also located here is the oldest running synagogue in Europe. For the moment those are the fun facts I can remember from our tour. If you ever go to a city where they offer a free tour, take it! It has to be one of the best ways to see the city and then if you really like some place you can always go back and explore more. The tour was three hours but went by quickly because everywhere we went there was a beautiful ...

... the tram #22 again. Well, this time it wasn't so easy. There were lots of options for streets and directions to turn. We checked in every other shop to make sure we were on the correct path. I finally spied overhead electric lines used for the trams and we headed in that direction. I sort of felt like Daniel Boone or something. I had become a master tracker, well sort of. I found the lines and followed them ...

... to the floor. I wasn't sure what had happened, so eventually I got up just to make sure there was no major damage done that I might have to pay for later. There wasn't much that I could see, so back to bed. When I finally arose, I kept up a pretty busy day. I hit a big section of Prague by myself. I did the Jewish Quarter, hitting the museum complex (including several synagogues and the Jewish cemetery), then went up ...

... to everything. It was only a tiny walk to the square and lets face it, a walk was what we all need, our diet has been fairly poor recently. We stayed at the hostel for another 2 nights, but we decided to try somewhere different. A 70 bed dorm on the other side of the river was our choice, $14 a night is a pretty good deal. And with communal showers and 24hour bar in operation, it was bound to be quite a social place, so we decided to give it a go. Great call. This place is really ...

... a highlight of the trip. The painting, which the owner carefully wrapped in cardboard, wouldn't leave my thoughts for the rest of the week and I couldn't wait to unwrap it when I came home. It is the first original piece of artwork I have ever owned and I will treasure it forever. However, I am a little disappointed that this may be the beginning of a very expensive hobby of mine. The Easter Markets Easter markets pop up all over Europe about 3 weeks ...

... 3 hours for the next one. And instead of getting to prague at 7pm as planned, we turned up about 11:30 after 5 train changes. So, we all got a cheap hostel room together, $25 a night, and it's quite nice. Went to look at teh giant castle today it was pretty big, for mike and sarah's reference, MUCH bigger than the Munich residence we looked around, there are streets inside the castle walls... Anyway, better go, I can hear a beer with my name on it...

... German health care system (oh yeah, I paid 90$ canadian for 12 Malaria pills for Africa (go canadian health care system!)). My German lexicon actually experienced an overhaul and by the end of the stay, I would like to say, it wasn't too shabby. One generalization I must assert about travelling is this, the people will treat you relative to the amount of effort you try to make to know them. I found, that if you barge into a place, spouting off English and ...

... where I could secure some cash. Sure. Sure thing. Just let me put on my backpacks here and I'll be riiiii-ght back. He told me I could leave my things. It would be ok. But I demurred and told him again that I'd be right back. Whatever. They've got the MasterCard number on file. They can run it again once I get the crack team in Sioux Falls to straighten things out (no offense Becky - not your division though, right?). I'll call them later. Right now, I've got a train to catch.

... goal against Croatia. I shook my head with a depressed smirk at the notion that this man was still our Prime Minister, and his insistence that he be photographed in that god awful tracksuit at the detriment of our international image. The man must be stopped. ...Which brings me to defenestration. Back in the day, through the many turbulent centuries of Czech history, Hussite mobs, amongst various other militant circles and religious asemblages, were big advocates of ...

... and forced myself to put "pen to paper" today since it has been a while since I last updated you and I thought that I should be thoughtful enough to at least tell you where we are. I left off in Denmark. At that point we hadn't yet seen the gorgeous lakes, the rolling hills, the expanse of land covered in windmills creating environmentally friendly power. We hadn't yet biked our way through small villages and over gentle slopes surrounded by fields, horses and the occasional ...