Archive for October, 2007
Costume 1 of 2
Rock star in the making. She collected so much candy. There were over 100 cars–basically like going to more than 100 houses! Roxi gave 1/2 of it to the collection the organizers were taking up for the boarding students. And everyone loved Lars’ costume inspired by another car that I found online. He liked dressing [...]
Happy Halloween!
Detailing of the amazing-looking Astronomical Clock in Old Town Prague. More photos tomorrow. This time last year, we were just settled in our new house in Texas. Roxi went trick-or-treating in our neighborhood with a bunch of her friends from school. This year, she will be trick-or-treating with 270 schoolmates in a lock-in (they literally [...]
MORE Candy?!
We are supposed to bring 270 pieces of candy for Trunk-or-Treat–so back to the store I go tomorrow. I was thinking Trunk-or-Treating was kind of a weird way to handle Halloween. However, it seems the British (for the most part) don’t “do” Halloween. Today, we saw houses with “Sorry, No Trick or Treat Here” signs [...]
Prague: A Walk to Charles Bridge
We walked a lot in Prague. Well, we walk a lot in general these days! But unless it was raining and really cold, walking was a real pleasure in this beautiful city. Prague does have cheap public transportation. We took it one day into the newer part of town. But by the time we wanted [...]
Prague: Beautiful but watch your back and wear your money belt!
St. John of Nepomuk on the Charles Bridge, Prague. It is said that if you rub the plaque beneath the statue, you’ll get a wish. One wish per person, per lifetime, please. I’ve been letting our Prague vacation simmer in my brain for a while hoping I would get some inspiration on what to tell [...]
Falling back and the much anticipated hundred days
There were some beautiful fall colors in Prague last week. Here in England, the trees have turned shades of yellow–not the reds and oranges I was hoping for. Still, it is lovely. The UK clocks changed today, falling back one hour. When we first moved out to the Shire, I watched a Windsor Castle DVD [...]
Nashledanou později means "See you later"
We’re off to Prague! We’ll be back at the end of the week with new stories and photos. Na zdraví !
Aiguille du Midi and the Château in the middle of nowhere
Well, finally, we come to the end of our trip to France last August. . We woke up at 5:30 am to get ready for the first lift on our last day in Chamonix. Unfortunately, when we got there, they had cancelled the early lift because of bad weather. No problem, we had breakfast at [...]
A Taste of Windsor
I met my friend in Windsor yesterday. It was a clear, cool, sunny day. A perfect day, really, for getting out and doing a little sightseeing. I love this statue of Queen Victoria on High Street near the Castle. No, we didn’t go to the castle this time. But, we lucked out and got to [...]
