PHOTOS!

December 21, 2007
Flying over the German/Czech borderlands. No big mountains, but lots of neat hills and meandering rivers. Gorgeous sunset!

Tim's club- Radost FX

This is the underground lounge. Tim did the upolstery, painting, wall papering, design. I love this room! It's so silvery and mirrory. Can't wait for the New Year's Eve party in there!

We spend a lot of time on the escalators to the subway. Some of them are frighteningly fast, others have major wind issues. It's fun to see the posters for American movies like "Mr Magorium's magic emporium" and "PS I love you". I also enjoy the posters for something called "underwear in a can".

View of Wenceslas Square from the steps of the National History Museum. This is where the 1989 demonstrations against Communism took place. Imagine the entire length and breadth (in the night photo, as far as you can see lights) filled with people holding hands and singing. Half a million people. Below the statue is where Jan Paluk immolated himself to protest the Communist regime in 1969, an earlier protest.

The Charles Bridge (Karlovy Most). Prague Castle in the background on the hill. There are vendors all along the bridge, selling things like hand-drawn portraits and paintings of the town. There are also 30 giant statues of saints like Ludmilla (Wenceslas' mother) and Christopher and Cyril. The oldest statue, St. John Nepomuk was carved in 1683. The newest, St. Cyril with St. Methodius, was carved in 1938. We climbed the tower to take this photo:

Then we spent lots of very pretty money. The exchange rate has been about 18 Krowns to 1 Dollar.

This is another of Prague's 8 bridges.

And Tim showing demonstrating the process of preparing Absinthe. It involves a spoonful of sugar, a lighter, and a very strong stomach. It's awful! But I'm glad we all tried it. I'll try to post the video later.

Across from Tim's apartment is a delivery pizza place called "Pizza Go Home".