Praha = Prague = Fantastic!!! (part 2)
September 25, 2013
This is a continuation and conclusion of my blog on Prague.
This is a continuation and conclusion of my blog on Prague.
Prague (pronounced and spelled Praha on local maps) was a city I’d wanted to visit for almost 2 decades, ever since the Iron Curtain collapsed at the hands of the Velvet Revolution. Finally I was there.
Namche Bazaar is the main town of the Sherpa people, in the Khumbu region of Nepal. It’s located at 3400 m (11,300′) above sea level, built on the steep slopes of the hill you see in this photo.
Yoho National Park is one of four National Parks in the Canadian Rockies. Yoho seems a bit of an odd name but it’s very appropriate. To the Cree people Yoho meant “Awe and Wonder”.
My first view of the southwestern Czech town of Český Krumlov (pronounced CHESS-key KRUM loff — from now on I’ll just call it Krumlov, as the locals do) was from Castle Hill. It was enchanting.
During our visit to the Czech Republic we ventured on a day trip from our base in Prague east to Olomouc (pronounced OH-loh-moats). It was a nice change of pace and an enjoyable community.
An opportunity to see grey whales (and their calves) was one of the finest experiences of my life.
Cape Town is a special and beautiful place in large part because it’s framed by the bulky sandstone mass of Table Mountain. Table Mountain is a wilderness area set in an urban environment, a flat topped mountain frequently…
(Isla Espiritu Santo, views of the Sea of Cortez, Mexico) As a lad I enjoyed exploring the world through the pages of a good book. Arthur C. Clarke lead me on diving adventures off Ceylon and Australia, as well as on a…
One of Europe’s smallest countries, it’s easy not to visit Luxembourg, neatly tucked in between the cultural and economic giants of Europe — France and Germany — and just west of its political capital in Belgium. But its a beautiful…
This is a continuation and conclusion of my blog on Prague.
Prague (pronounced and spelled Praha on local maps) was a city I’d wanted to visit for almost 2 decades, ever since the Iron Curtain collapsed at the hands of the Velvet Revolution. Finally I was there.
Namche Bazaar is the main town of the Sherpa people, in the Khumbu region of Nepal. It’s located at 3400 m (11,300′) above sea level, built on the steep slopes of the hill you see in this photo.
Yoho National Park is one of four National Parks in the Canadian Rockies. Yoho seems a bit of an odd name but it’s very appropriate. To the Cree people Yoho meant “Awe and Wonder”.
My first view of the southwestern Czech town of Český Krumlov (pronounced CHESS-key KRUM loff — from now on I’ll just call it Krumlov, as the locals do) was from Castle Hill. It was enchanting.
During our visit to the Czech Republic we ventured on a day trip from our base in Prague east to Olomouc (pronounced OH-loh-moats). It was a nice change of pace and an enjoyable community.
An opportunity to see grey whales (and their calves) was one of the finest experiences of my life.
Cape Town is a special and beautiful place in large part because it’s framed by the bulky sandstone mass of Table Mountain. Table Mountain is a wilderness area set in an urban environment, a flat topped mountain frequently…
(Isla Espiritu Santo, views of the Sea of Cortez, Mexico) As a lad I enjoyed exploring the world through the pages of a good book. Arthur C. Clarke lead me on diving adventures off Ceylon and Australia, as well as on a…
One of Europe’s smallest countries, it’s easy not to visit Luxembourg, neatly tucked in between the cultural and economic giants of Europe — France and Germany — and just west of its political capital in Belgium. But its a beautiful…