A Room With A View

Our Prague hotel - the top middle two windows were our room.

steps on the side

                                                       with a passage through the castle wall

                                                                  a building to the left

                                                                              some detail

and from those two top windows we had this view.

                                 
                                    a bit of zoom.....the two dark towers are on Charles Bridge

each morning we would walk down this hill

                                             
                                                just a few minutes really, the exercise was great!!
                                                 the street was lined with cute little shops,
                                                 this one selling handmade wooden puppets

                                                 little side streets that tempted to distract us

                           
                                      building facades with doors that that needed a closer look

                                                             other details not to be missed

pass the guard and arrive at Charles Bridge

                                                         from here the adventure continued

                                                          Back up the hill again in the evening.

with a stop for a late night snack 

(suddenly I had a childhood memory - the delicious crescent shaped pastries, made by the mother of some 

of our neighbourhood friends - a family from Czechoslovakia)

a short elevator ride

                                                        one more look just before bed,

                                                           wake up to a dusting of snow.

and another walk down that hill.

That Paris Icon I love

I couldn't help myself.....

Welcome to the year of the Dragon, the French do it so well.

                                              the first page of the first magazine you pick up,

                                                                      your street map

                                                picked up from this stand - I got the last one

                                 I am on the back side of this window decal, Le Tour Eiffel is everywhere
                                                      and I haven't even left the airport yet!

now on the streets and the tower is on every corner

                                                                   and in shop windows

and on street posters

in hotel lobbies... as classy art work!

                                                                         Long distant views

                                                    and  competing with other Parisian icons.

                 this view is special, Le Tour Eiffel  as seen from my French friend's apartment window.

                                                      and of course I had my time close up

                                                  and just for tiki on tour the tower sparkled!

and last but not least the towers that came home with me:

                                                                   one happy phone,

                                                               and bling for my keys.

Our Snowy Greeting

After ten days in Europe, where we only had a dusting of snow, we arrived in Boston to this....

                                   
                                     fortunately there was no digging required to get to our car

 Leaving the airport we pass these mounds of salt, used on the roads - every city and little town has it stockpiled and ready.

                       by the time we arrive home it is dark and we get our first look at the driveway.

The next morning, it is not long before I am outside to capture the moment with my camera.

                     

                                                   
                                                         some work needs to be done,
                                           

                                            oh...and I finally get to use the new snow shovel!

                                                      I enjoyed the exercise....really I did.

                                                     
                                                          Pretty, and wishing for more.

Paris & Prague

                                                                        All ready to go......

                                                                   Check List complete:

                                                             Watched "Midnight In Paris"

                                                                      Packed my stripes

                                                                      Bonjour Eiffel Tower



                                                            Return to blogging coming soon.