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Welcome to The Prague Blog…

So here it is, another of my crazy travel adventures.  Join me as I venture through the historic city of Prague — and end up in Berlin (for Canadian Thanksgiving), Vienna (for the Opera) and surrounded by thousands of human skulls (seriously). Enjoy… M

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Chapter #1 – Arrival In Prague!

It took three nights of almost no sleep and many backbreaking trips up and down my stairs.  And — I’ll be frank — there’s no way that I would have gotten it all done without Cher’s help.  But we finally finished the move out of my apartment. About a half hour before we were due […]

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Chapter #2 – Lots of Sleep & Wandering

Ok.  So I’ve been here for a few days now… And I’ve got things pretty much figured out. Or so I think. I don’t speak any Czech, really. Just: Hello (Do-bry Den) Thank you (Dyk-wy) Receipt (Oo-chet) I’ve found the grocery store, the health food store, the corner store and two department stores.  I even […]

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Chapter #3 – A Day in Prague Castle!

Well folks.  I’ve been here a week already. Hard to believe that I could become a Lord of Supreme Laziness in only 7 days, but I have. I tried to get out of bed early this morning. And by early, I mean 8 o’clock. So not at all early by any stretch of anyone’s imagination. […]

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Chapter #4 – Chillin’ with Jean

Jean? Who the heck is Jean? Good question.  It’s one that I did not know the answer to only 4 short weeks ago. But I can happily answer the question now. Jean is Jean Brozny.  Cool & Fun.  Canadian.  Lives in Toronto.  Works for Corus (the parent company of Smart Woman’s network).  A colleague in […]

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Chapter #5 – I’m in Berlin!

I made it to Berlin at about 5:00. My first real Eurail ride. I’ve been on local trains in France before, but never actually rode the Eurails before.  It was fantastic. I had a window seat.  The Czech and then the German country-sides were fascinating to see.  And Dresden looked amazing — the architecture was […]

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Chapter #6 – Thanksgiving

So here we are…  enjoying a truly Canadian Thanksgiving. In downtown Berlin. I think that there are 15 of us.  A collection of Canadians, Germans and a lone Yank. Most are friends of Bryan’s.  There’s Tosh, short for Macintosh, one of Bry’s best buds who’s been living in Berlin for almost 8 years.  Tosh ruled […]

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Chapter #7 – Home Sweet Home

As I walked back from the train station to my apartment this evening, I thought, “It’s nice to be home.” And it is.  Even if it sounds funny to say it.  And even funnier to think about it. I guess it’s the whole thing of going away to another place… Anyway, it is nice to […]

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Chapter #8 – My Birthday in Vienna!!!

How did it all start? Well… about 50 billion years ago a million tons of gas and particles started collapsing in upon itself until there was an enormous explo… Oh wait… wrong story.  I’m supposed to be telling you how I chose to go Vienna tomorrow for my 27th birthday. What? Ok Ok.  It’s not […]

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Chapter #9 – The Opera was Amazing

It was magical. The seats were mindblowingly great. Mindblowing. Even if they weren’t actually ‘seats’… But saying ‘stands’ doesn’t make sense to anyone.  I guess I could just say ‘spot’. Anyway, check out my view from my ‘spot’. Seriously. I felt like a kid in a candy store. And the experience?  Like watching a fantasy […]