Our wonderful host Luc, in the Czech Republic, created a walking tour of Prague. It was amazing and we thoroughly enjoyed our day in the city, and our time spent with him.
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| The Astronomical Clock. At noon the clock comes alive. Saints can be seen dancing in the windows at the top. |
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| Mark and I on Charles Bridge. |
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| Another view of Charles Bridge, I can't imagine how busy it would be in the summer! |
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| All along the bridge are brass images of Saints. It is believed that if you touch the plate, you will be blessed by the Saint. It was incredible the number of people touching the plates. You can see the affects of people's hands above. Incredible. |
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| The John Lennon Wall. |
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| Attaching a lock to a bridge and throwing away the key is a sign of enduring love. This has become quite popular in Europe and is believed to be compromising the integrity of the bridges. |
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| A view of Prague. |
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| Charles Bridge at night, even more beautiful. |
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| A marionette shop we visited. |
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| The view from our chalet in Austria, breathtaking! |
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| Spectacular. |
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| More beauty! |
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| What more can I say? |
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| Another 'love' bridge in Salzburg, Austria. |
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| Mozart's birth place. |
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| The view from the bottom of the funicular, we ventured up to the castle. |
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| The view from above. |
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| Get your tickets for the Sound of Music starring, the world travelling Mitchells! |
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| Mark had to pipe in Austria too! |
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| Our wonderful friends we met in Iceland, Patrick, Nina and Hanna. |
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| Rhine Falls, the largest waterfall in mainland Europe |
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| A view of Schaffhausen. |
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| Quite the building, check out the paintings! |
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| We visited a cookie factory, |
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| a cheese factory, |
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| and a chocolate factory! What more could we ask for? |
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| A beautiful restaurant in Leysin, Switzerland. |
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| This photo was taken during a walk in Leysin, Switzerland. Chilly but oh so beautiful. |
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| What a beautiful shot captured by Mark. |
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| The sides of the mountains were covered in grapes, in Switzerland. |
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| This photo was taken in Zurmatt, after a cog train up the mountain. |
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| The Matterhorn at a distance. |
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| This picture almost looks photo shopped, but it wasn't! |
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| The Matterhorn, a little closer! |
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| We left the girls perched on this rock while Mark and I continued the hike up the Matterhorn. We made it to 2000 metres above sea level. It was quite chilly up there! |
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| Another one of our hikes in Leysin, just around the corner from our chalet. It was amazing how warm it was even though there was snow on the ground a little further up. |
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| All of the cows in Switzerland wear these enormous bells so they can be heard when they are in the mountains. |
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| We boarded a 'car' train to travel through the Alps to Italy, so cool! |
Wonderful pictures. We love to see the pictures!!!!!!!!! Love Papa and Grandma
ReplyDeleteGood luck in Italy!! Keep us all updated! And make sure to read the menus when ordering pizza, because sometimes they don't have tomato sauce. - Sophia and Angela
ReplyDeleteHi Sophia and Angela, We have loved Italy so far. We have been ticking off things that you suggested in your email to me awhile back. Not sure if the the restaurant La Casalinga was yours or the Tutti's recommendation, but we made it there, have eaten way too much gelato (can you eat too much gelato?) Did the walking tour of Bologna, and had the warm custard pastries in Florence. We took the Vaporetto #2 around Venice and will head to Siena and Rome next week. Meg is making sure we hit all of the suggestions and the rest of us are not complaining one bit! Missing you. :)
DeleteLovely pictures.So familiar and dear to us .Thanks for sharing .Wishing you all the best in your continuing journey . Vince and Carole
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