Archive for June, 2008
Prague (part dew)
Friday, June 20th, 2008Draining the last of our drink, we peered from our perch behind the plate glass window. Will this rain never stop? As if by decree, a shaft of light stabbed the mist. (Note to self: use this power for good!)
Mist fought back. But sunlight valiantly battled on until its rays had victoriously swept the streets. [...]
Prague (part rain)
Thursday, June 19th, 2008Brimming to capacity with the experiences of Vienna, we boarded our train to Prague. I thought this would be a great time to reflect upon what we had seen and mentally sort and file these experiences away for future reference. Early 20th century Vienna had such energy and progressive thinking about creativity. I needed to [...]
Posted in travel | No Comments »>Vienna Calling
Sunday, June 15th, 2008Next stop on the Maria-Theresa Tour is Vienna. Napoleon was right when he declared that an army traveled on its stomach. We heartily take that same view. We eat our way through countries! If you are really serious about it, you begin with dessert. And what better place to put that to practice than in [...]
Posted in travel | No Comments »>Lag of the Jet
Friday, June 13th, 2008For those of you who have been early adopters (thank you!) of Life@the Schoolhouse, you may have been wondering what has happened. Why no new posts? I have been on holiday or as I like to refer to it as the Maria-Theresa Tour — an arc through the Austro-Hungarian Empire, beginning and ending in Germany.
As [...]