Prague and an update on Kearie...

Hi All

Well as M&M pointed out, I haven’t updated you all on Kearie lately, sorry I have been emailing people about her and forgot I hadn’t updated you guys. Kearie was given the crappy job with very few shifts, so she started looking for her own and she found one.... She is a manager of a store near Hyde Park, it is called Rachel Riley and it sells vintage clothing. Here is the link to the site http://www.rachelriley.com/
Kearie served Steven Spielberg’s wife the other day, complete with body guard. She also served some British celebrity that she did not know, the other staff told her who he was after he had left. She seems really happy and has made friends with some of the people she is sharing the house with. They went to Brighton the other day and she seems to have really settled in.

Okay, back to me... I am in Prague at present, and yes I am thinking of you all, working away, doing the hard slog. This is where I had lunch yesterday, where did you eat...


The main square in Old Prague, I was thinking of you all, I swear!!

Prague is wonderful, every time you turn a corner there is something else to make you go Ooh, Aah or some other appropriate sound. The place is gorgeous... The buildings are magnificent and the river is beautiful.


The river


The streets


This amazing clock tells time in the 17th century time, days and seasons as well. It was awesome, on the hour the twelve apostles pass by the two little windows (which open on the hour), 6 on each side... And a little dude plays the trumpet from the top of the tower too..


2 of the apostles, don't ask me which two..

We dined on the river last night, the landscape was breathtaking. We even passed through a lock, so the folks who hadn’t done that before were amazed. Being an old pro, that didn’t impress me much.. lol


The buildings were lit up beautifully..


This one came out a bit dark, in reality, it was wonderful..

Today I visited my first concentration camp, it was very sobering. It was not a extermination camp, but still 35000 people died there. Mostly of starvation and disease, others were sent to Dachau. Gosh it is hard to comprehend how evil people can be. I am feeling very sombre today and very grateful that I live in current times and in a wonderful country.


One of the cells that held up to 130 men. This camp was for political prisoners, academics and communists... Our young Guides great grandfather was held there for 3 years.


A poignant reminder

Cheers

Lones