Home Again

after two nights in frankfurt and a ten hour flight, we have arrived home. it may be 7:00 pm here but to us its 3:00 am. perhaps by tomorrow, something more coherent might get posted.

Black Dogs for Condo Rice

Last Day

today is the last day of the workshop.
its been wonderful and have met some
very creative folks.
we went to a concert last night at the
municipal hall and heard selections by
mozart and strauss, it wasn\t a full
orchestra but the sound was great.
its been great being in prague. there
is art nouveau influences everywhere.
it like you are back in the elegance of
the turn of the century. i feel so
underdressed!
we are seeing a lot of the city on foot.
holly has done some shopping and i
have tried to do my share to keep the
city from becoming awash in beer!
more later> d

Images from the Past

here goes with some pix from the
early part of the trip. not eactly
sure what order they will appear but
they are
1) the entrance to rothenburg, a
preserved medieval town in germany
2) wurzburg germany, the old bridge
and canal lock
3) the green vault home of the crown
jewels in dresde. reflected from the
hood of mikes ferrari

Prague sunsets and sausage

This has been a great trip, terrific to see a number of different places large and otherwise, a taste if many histories and lifestyles and light. And food, of course. It's good though to be in one place for more than a couple of nights. For one thing, we had a bagful of laundry done by the hotel, got back from our first class to a pile of fragrant folded clothing in our room, yay! It's also great to spend time getting to know this place better. We wander the streets, taking photos, sketching doors, no hurry. We have, however, been eating a lot of sausage, so tonight might be time for a proper meal. The evenings are long and warm, perfect for strolling, and we've found a few neighbourhoods not overrun by tourists (though there's the occasional tide as a wash of people on a walking tour floods down the sidewalk, easy to get swept away!)

workshop.2

the workshop is going well. numerous drawing
and writing techniques to encourage freer
expression. great people, all wih creative
backgrounds. film, advertising, teaching...
you name it!
still enjoying prague. the sights, food and
of course, the beer. visited a real czech pub
yesterday where there was no english menu!
we had to point, grunt and hope. it turned out
well. one unknown item, tasty... one known item,
grilled sausage. all fine!
today some shopping and a trip to wenceslas
square. this was disappointing. i expected a
park like, sedate setting. instead a long, wide
mall of fast food outlets, trash and trinket
shops anchored by the national museum.
most disappointing.
we have tickets for a classical concert on monday.
bought the cheap seats. but never having been
to the concert hall before how are we going to
know the difference. it will be good!
more on that later!

workshop.1

first day of work!
something very different. time will
tell what may come of all this.
we will see!

prague's first beer

pilsner urquell! thats all tha can be said.
except for going to t tanknova (i think that's
correct). a pub where the bee is bought in
from the brewery t a large tank and should
be sold within a week or so. fresh, tasty and
available. done it! and probably agian tomorrow.
side order of grilled pork belly and we're set.
tomorrow the workshop begins and some tips
on how to get creative. perhaps i'll order some
grilled sausage or pork knuckle.
love to all: kdw

daring arrival

we have arrived in praguePrague! all is well. we got off the train, but not at the main station.  we took the metro and guessed which station to get off at. luckily a correct guess. after insulting the map, we managed to make it to the hotel Paris. nice property, very much art nouveau and, once again, fancy-ass (but conservative). lunch, a beer (or 2) and we're off to explore some more.
should be able to add more text (no pix) as we have access to wifi and webmail for another week.
love: d

off to prague

ags:
we're getting set to check out of the hotel.
its the pullman, hotels and resorts, in dresden.
pretty fancy-ass place but nice to have an
air conditioned room in this heat. its got to be
in the 30s. looking forward to the next phase.
another country, another search for free wifi.
love: d

last days of dresden

ags:
we're off to prague tomorrow noon-ish.
it should only take a couple of hours from
here (dresden).
we have had a great time in dresden, viewing
the historic sites and cathedrals. tomorrow,
the adventure continues. i would heartily
recommend getting a production to play here.
so many cultural activities happenning... maybe
better than london (i'll buy lunch).
will try to blog from prague!
love: d

ags:
not sure if i'm in but here goes.
as in previous emails i have mentioned the
difficulties of finding free wifi in germany...
it still is!
we did, at one time, find spotty wifi in wurzburg
but not so far. here in dresden there are lots of
networks but none that i can tap into. thus we
must resort to the hotel box and webmail.
dresden is something else. after being bombed
pretty much flat in ww2, the rebuilding has begun
and will continue for some time. structures from
the 1500s are ringed by contempory buildings, of
the same style, containing internationally known,
high-end clothing shops a la robsonstrasse.
the place is crawling with visitors which should
prepare us for prague.
the food is great, the beer is fine. unfortunately
i cannot supply images to the blog as i cannot
move them (havn't found a way) online.
will contact you later today.
löve: d

Message from the Van Gogh Museum

Dad's posts via wireless are not working. But I'll keep posting what I have here. First off, a video:



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ags:

tried sending something to the blog. did it work?

we're staying at a fancy-ass hotel in dresden as

the place in czech republic never responded to

our requests. its pretty amazing here as the town

was bombed flat in ww2. reconstruction of much

of the place is still under way... much history, much

today-ness. shops from the biggies, statue of martin

luther, kings and their collections, all accessible on foot

or by lrt-like trains.

more later, by hotel computer:

love: d