Ahhh... all good things must come to an end, and this lovely trip is no exception. After one long plane ride, we're back in LaLa Land, as safe and sound as one can get in L.A. It was a lovely trip - and I hope you enjoyed the pictures!
So now me and my new little friend, Chert, say goodbye to Prague...

London, England, United Kingdom. One day.
Let's hear it for open-topped, double-decker busses!! Yeah!!!
We did manage to view quite a lot, including:
The Tower of London (This is inside the White Tower.)

And St. Paul's...

And even drove by Westminster Abbey!

But sadly, it's too short a stay...

New stop - London!! Yes, just zipped up the Continent for a little dinner with Ray. Again, I must say Wow...
Oh, and I found a comedy that I simply MUST see. I feel drawn to it somehow, can't exactly put my finger on why...

One last look back upon the city...

Still in Prague - and never wanting to leave!
Toured the Castle, practically a village unto itself. Okay, so when I say Castle, I actually mean, its Cathedral, whose foundations stem from the 10th century. Okay, now THAT'S old.


All in all, a lovely little place...

Still toodling around Prague. Ah... Prague. A truly unique city, whose soul withstood her years of Communism with true Czech fashion. And a nice museum to boot.

But they do have their oddities, such as this sign above a door...

And a splash of color...

But then, towering above all, is the lovely Town Square...

PART II:
And now - we've made it to Prague!! Wow... Just wow. And the number of puppet stores!! The castle...

And the Charles Bridge...

The Prague-ness of it all!

PART I:
On the way to Prague - we stop at Kutna Hora - the home of a lovely little Ossuary. And proof that some people had WAY too much time on their hands way back when...

Now this lovely image is part of the shield of the family that ran everything back then. It's supposed to be a crow pecking out the eye of a severed Turk's head... Nice!


Now, onto Prague!!

Jihlava - A city which bears the marks of Communism. And the ensuing bland hotel rooms.
But they do have very strange ads for a sausage...

Cesky Krumlov is just so cool, we had to stay another day... So I wandered through cobblestone streets dating back hundreds of years...

What a great place... Toured the castle, which was lived in until the 1940's.

Found a rat's eye view from the Castle as well...


Then came to reaquaint myself with modern technology at an internet cafe a stone's throw from the castle. Crazy mix of worlds... Now I'm off to enjoy an evening on the town - hopefully including some warm Mead.

Start the day with a beer. What else would you do in Pilsen?? Then more driving through some lovely farming, mountainous country, heading to the midieval city of Cesky Krumlov.

Found an original Marshmallow Farm. A-mazing. Had the local eel for dinner. He wore a bow tie, and didn't mind too much when I bit him.

We're in Karlovy Vary, so the first thing we do is drink the water.

It's hot, and loaded with things that don't taste so good, and it looks like this. But it's supposed to be good for you, really! We shall see...

Then we drive through some lovely country, and end up in Pilsen. Yes, that's where they invented the beer. Yum....

And we arrive in Prague!!! Yippeee!!! Tired as we are, we rent a car and head out - not really sure where we're going. Not that we let THAT stop us. We make a short break in the town of Chumatov, which (and I quote) is listed thus in the guide books: "If by some set of unfortunate circumstances you end up in Chumatov..." Let's just say it's well described. So we sally forth and finally make it to the lovely town of Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad, for you Germans out there) and stay in a curiously named hotel.

That's it. I'm outta here. And off yet again into the wild, blue Yonder, but this time I'm takin' folks with me!!!

Yep - we're off to Prague AND London!! yeeeee-haaaaaa.....

13 boxes with FedEx...
6 boxes of Media Mail...
1 box Priority Mail...

And one apartment less in my Life.
Yes, it's sad but true!! I'm slowly but surely working my way OUT of New York City and more full time to LaLa Land.

Of course, before that's final, there's much more traveling to be done!

Stay tuned...