Sunday, and sunburned...

It is later on Sunday, and yes, I am actually sunburned. It was in the 50s today--how great is that? We walked and walked, and had a good day. I have more thoughts and comments, but I owe this site some pictures. My writer friend Steve has more photos on his site than I do on mine, and though I just "write like I talk" I have more words. Life his funny. Here are some photos...

Above: This is the coffee shop in the Hotel Europa--What great space!





I am in love with the Smart Car, and have been for years. The new one is even smaller. Here Steve, who is 6"3, shows how small the car really is. Can you imagine it in a crash with a Honda Pilot or an Expedition? I think it would fit in the back of a Pilot!

I think that I like and I am struck by the many contrasts between new and old in Prague. here, in front of an 18th century church, the building was tagged, showing one such contrast. (Keep scrolling down for more photos.)











Again, here is another one of those contrasts that make the city so interesting. This is Prague looking to the south. Note the 19th century buildings in the front, and skyscrapers being built in the background. One is for a bank, the other for an insurance company.









This is Steve, near Charles University. The day was perfect, and the light wonderful. I keep teasing him that his photos might be improving because of having me along, but that the improvement in my writing is less certain and certainly less obvious.








This is what I look like, or like I do when I am wandering around with my camera. It is fun, but it is very heavy, and it seems like a chore sometimes. I wish that I had brought a better "other" camera for those times when I am out of film or out of energy for carrying it. It is fun having people stop me and chat...I talked to a man from China about it who sells $199 laptops, a semi-conductor exec from Dresden, and a woman from Switzerland who, when I took a picture of her with her camera, said that all other cameras must seem like little kids' cameras after using this.