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European Interlude
... and Strausse concert to get some 'culture', where my dad only fell asleep a couple times during the first half and kept it together for the second! Lucky for him he wasn't alone.
To get to our next destination we needed to take 3 different trains: the first was a fancy high speed Austrian train, then an aging local Czech train, and finally a very tiny train that was only 2 cars long. We were quite relieved when we made all ...
A day of opposites
... jacket has finally been repacked where I hope it will stay.
Hope everyone is well. Im leaving for Vienna tonight where I have 3 nights before going on to either Bratislava or Budapest. Photos have been difficult to upload but will look out for an opportunity.
Hope everyone is well
Greg
PS I'm waiting here because the tour I did came with a free ticket to the company's 'ghost tour'!! Prague is another city ...
An Opera At the Estates
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 ...
Brrr, it was cold out there!
... a few more coins. The situation repeated itself two or three times, with both of us getting more and more confused and frustrated. Eventually, he mustered up enough English to say "No, yours! British Queen!" As he pointed out the Queen of England on the coins, I realized what he had been meaning all along. I had been handing him British currency, and he, assuming that I was a dumb Brit, just kept thinking no...I can't accept your money ...
Prague - Czech Republic
Hello again!
From Venice, Italy, we caught a night train up to Prague, Czech Republic. We only had about 5 hours in the city…so we hit the ground running!
We checked out all the major sites.
Drank all the local beer, such as Budweiser (yes! It is Czech) and Staropramen.
Sampled as much traditional food as we could, such ...


