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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Quiet weekend

Mr. DJ arrived home early Saturday morning and promptly fell asleep for six hours. Roxi woke up three hours after her dad got home, so it was an interesting day for me with a third of my household asleep most of the day. No one wanted to do a thing all weekend, which was fine [...]

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Pumpkins on the brain

It’s October and until this morning, I didn’t realize that one of the things missing in our home right now is a pumpkin! Believe it or not, there are not piles of pumpkins at the grocery store. In fact, there are no special displays of candy, or costumes, or anything remotely related to Halloween. I [...]

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100 Days of Darkness

Ah, a dramatic title, huh? Well I just learned about this today. We had an excellent expat meeting at Roxi’s school–for parents only, part one of three. This was probably the best meeting I’ve attended here. The speaker was great! She told us about what we should expect from our first year as an expatriate. [...]

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