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It seems we are still suffering from jet lag, as we got a very late start heading out of the apartment. Our goal for the day was to visit the Azkuna Zentroa, an early 20th century wine warehouse, destroyed by … Continue reading →
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Great Tour
The Puppy, a huge flower covered (they say about 38,000 flowers) sculpture by Jeff Koons, was our meeting place for our morning tour: It was an easy half hour walk and the meeting went off without a hitch. Mikel, who … Continue reading →
Loooong Travel Day
We have arrived in Bilbao, Spain. It took us 24 hours, door to door and we are pretty tired. Customs and immigration in Madrid was fully automated, but still a bit challenging. Those machines never can read my old fingerprints … Continue reading →
Anticipation!
Practice blog. Just a trial run. Leaving Sunday for 5 nights in Bilbao, followed by about 5 weeks in Italy. I’m doing Ok but the packing is still a mess: We’ll get it all together before Sunday, I’m sure. I … Continue reading →
Independence Day
I didn’t realize when I planned for us to walk up to Prague Castle as Independence Day. But off we went in the late morning. We walked along the river, passing the Charles Bridge entrance and this memorial park: The … Continue reading →
Fall Back
Daylight savings time ending here gave us an extra hour in Prague. The skies were solidly grey, so we used the morning to relax and hope for some sun. I had in mind to buy myself a nice wool scarf … Continue reading →
Food Tour
I had only budgeted for one serious food tour for this trip, so I chose “Taste of Prague”, a small local company with top notch reviews. The tour didn’t start until noon, so we just lazed around all morning. While … Continue reading →
Can’t speak a Word of Czech!
My usual travel fatigue has yet to set in although maybe I’ve just bounced off the bottom from the Badalucco part. Anyway we are full of enthusiasm for Prague. I think the nice weather has helped. We returned to the … Continue reading →
Getting to Know You, Prague
I scheduled our first “Free walking Tour” of Prague for 11:15 so we wouldn’t have to rush too much in our lazy morning way. By the way, they no longer call it a free walking tour rather they say “pay … Continue reading →
A Whole New World
So….a travel day. We had gotten a notice from easyJet that there were “unprecedented delays” on the road from Casorote Sempione, where our hotel was, to Terminal 2 at Malpensa. So we opted for an early shuttle to the airport. … Continue reading →