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September 2014

Passau – Day 5

Passau is a quaint little city of about 50,000. It is also know as the city of three rivers (the Inn, the Ilz and the Danube). That gives it lots of character and variety but also makes it subject to flooding. I am glad we didn’t try to do this tour last year. The flooding […]

Prague – Day 3/Passau arrival – Day 4

On Saturday we took a leisurely breakfast and walked back into town. The old town square was a buzz with vendors, hawkers, and performers. The guy in the first image below did a Roundhouse Rodney impersonation (now that dates me). We explored some of the small streets and passageways filled with people. One thing that […]

Prague – Day 2

We both LOVE Prague. Friday was our programmed day in Prague. In some cases, things that we stumbled past last night we had a chance to explore anew. We signed up for two tours, one of the old town center city and the second one of the Lobkowicz Castle. We started in the Jewish quarter. […]

Prague – Day 1

We arrived at Vaclav Havel Airport in Prague at about 2:00PM yesterday. Uneventful flights all around (except don’t eat the breakfast sausage on the Delta flight – I thought I was Tom Hanks in Big with the caviar). Checked in at the Hotel, freshened up met up with Marty and Terri Wade at 5:00 for […]

And now from The IVY

We’ve moved from our Lake Elmo home of 23+ years to a condo in downtown Minneapolis. We are loving it. Expect more about that later. In the meantime, here is a sunrise from Lake Elmo and a contrasting shot from the IVY. Quite a change of scenery.