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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #182: Interesting Objects

It was Patti this week who got us to search our photo files for unusual items for the 182nd Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Interesting Objects. Turned out to be really fun since so many places we’ve visited have been interesting — for one reason or another. Art is continually working to take the crust of familiarity […]

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When Christmas markets close in Prague, Old World charm saves the day.

Covid can close Christmas markets in Prague, but not diminish the pleasure of seeing Old World beauty in the Czech Republic.

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Travel bliss destination: Prague & Germany

This week, Lindy LeCoq posed a challenge in Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #175: Follow Your Bliss: find and describe something that makes us blissfully happy. Without a doubt, the two of us agree: Travel in or out of the U.S. has become a passion for us. With an upcoming trip later this week (our first one […]

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #121: Focus on the Subject

With the topic of “Focus on the Subject” selected for the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge this week by Patti and with the upcoming change to Daylight Savings Time on November 1st, we’ve decided to focus on time. And, for us, there has been no more memorable timepiece we’ve seen than the Astronomical Clock in Prague, Czech […]

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Lens-Artists Challenge #89: A river runs through it

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it is not the same river, and he is not the same man. Heraclitus Our travels haven’t taken us all over the world but, thankfully, to many parts. We’ve marveled at rock formations in the U. S. National Parks, roamed through old cathedrals in Europe, […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Prolific in Prague

If you want to see lots of anything, just head for Prague where tourists and locals file past prolific bubble blowers waving giant wands of bubbles on busy street corners. Keep moving and you’ll see street vendors who make the most of their small display space by hanging their wares above you, dangling in the […]

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Travel theme: Writing

Consulting a travel book can sometimes be tricky. You see, we had this book on Prague. A very good book, as it turns out. It had a whole section on Prague Castle and Hradcany. (Fascinating place, by the way.) And it said that when we went there, we should look for Golden Lane. “The picturesque […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Fun

Imagine this. It’s your first afternoon after a long flight from Knoxville, Tennessee, to Prague, and you just want to leave the hotel for a few minutes to explore the square downtown. And what’s one of the first things you see? Bubble man and his sidekick. Going to it. Blowing the biggest, happiest bubbles you […]

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Taking a break for places we can’t wait to see!

For the month of July, we’re taking a break from blogging to sightsee and work in another part of the world: Romania! Working with a team in Bucharest through Habitat Global Village, we’ll be renovating a school. But we’re also adding some fun stops nearby and not-so-nearby. First, we fly to Prague and take in […]