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By Cari, on January 28th, 2008% Prague Airport Drives Homeless out of its Premises
I think it’s an interesting step by the Prague government to deal with the homelessness issue, I wonder how it would effect those of us who look less vagrant?
Yes, I’m thinking back to May when I spent the night at Prague Airport. To be honest, I didn’t notice a huge number of homeless. That was far more of a problem at Praha Hlavní Nádraží when I’d head there to catch a train. Then again, it wasn’t the depth of winter either.
Judging by Prague’s section in Budget Traveller’s Guide to Sleeping . . . → Keep Going: but what about the rest of us?
By Cari, on October 17th, 2007% ‘Zine Proves Prague Students are More than Tourists … interesting article in yesterday’s Washington Square News.
“We want to expand our perspective, see each other as locals might and constantly push the limits of our role as tourists,” wrote Duke University junior Casey Dean and NYU’s Billy O’Hare, the magazines editors-in-chief, in a letter featured on the site.
I was vaguely aware of The Prague Wanderer, currently in its second semester, while in Prague this summer but it didn’t seem to have much relevance to our short summer term. I think it’s definitely a good idea to push not . . . → Keep Going: More than Tourists
By Cari, on June 28th, 2007% Officially became a ‘wrap’ this morning when my backpack arrived. Glad that it arrived in one piece, it didn’t have any exciting adventures. Just seemed to want a longer layover at LHR since it arrived at JFK on BA 113 on Tuesday. I still think what happened was it made it to London on the earlier flight from Geneva and then they couldn’t find it when they went to load the luggage for BA115 on Monday.
When I think about the trip as a whole, I get Rainbow Tour in my head:
Let’s hear it for the Rainbow . . . → Keep Going: Europe 2007: It’s a Wrap…
By Cari, on June 27th, 2007% or perhaps better known as: Czech Republic, Germany, Austria and Switzerland in a day!
Last minute packing done, I decided it would be far more sensible to take a taxi rather than bring two bags on a tram/subway combo. See, I’m sensible at times! The train left Prague at 9:15. Unfortunately, it was a Czech Railways train which meant sardines. Luckily, my 5 compartment-mates left at Pilzen and I was joined by two wonderful travelers who were returning to Munich to catch a flight back to the US. We performed the usual ritual of sharing food and . . . → Keep Going: Switzerland
By Cari, on June 26th, 2007% Unfortunately my luggage isn’t…
BA still has no idea where it is, but I can’t imagine it’s going to be lost. There’s nothing that exciting in it. The line was huge at JFK but the staff really tried to keep a sense of humour on a hot, sticky night. Kudos to them.
Switzerland was amazing and there will be photos later. The scenery is just phenomenal.
ETA: I updated my Flight Memory: still only halfway to the moon (since Aug 2001) but I’m getting there. The balance of this summer’s flights (HPN-ORD-LAX-AKL-MEL-ADL-BNE-LAX-ORD-HPN) will help
By Cari, on June 22nd, 2007% In the course of my packing, I decided to clean out my wallet because it’s nearing the point of weighing more than my carry on. Apart from the usual litter of receipts, I have the following:
8.20 Euros. Somewhat deliberate as I changed the notes when I returned to Prague in a futile attempt not to have to withdraw any more cKs while here. I figured the ~8 would be enough to get a sandwich and drink at Munich Hauptbahnhof. While I’m at it, Euros. I always hear how hard US coins are because neither the dime nor quarter are . . . → Keep Going: Currencies Gone Wild
By Cari, on June 21st, 2007%
So that photo woud be at the foot of the stairs looking back towards the main door. And yes, human bones form the decoration of Kutna Hora’s Ossuary. I wasn’t happy with most of the photos, hence there not being any posts to the Gallery, but I thought these were pretty cool. I knew Kutna Hora had a ‘bone church’ but this was not at all what I expected. Also a huge number of primary school kids: cannot see that going over well at home “You’re traumatizing my kid!”
Kutna Hora itself was a quiet day. . . . → Keep Going: Kutna Hora: Bones
By Cari, on June 19th, 2007% It’s scary, but I think I agree with George W. on something. Apparently on a 2002 visit to Berlin he said the following:
“The history of our time is written in the life of Berlin.”
Somewhat frightening that I don’t think I could have said it better myself.
Today in class we had a discussion on what we’d done for the weekend and a discussion popped up on the relevance of The Wall and whether it will matter or not in 200 years. This class is actually an interesting group in that we range in age from . . . → Keep Going: Berlin: Thoughts on a United/Divided City
By Cari, on June 18th, 2007%
156 photos taken, 19 posted.
This weekend’s trip to Berlin is one that’s going to stick with me for some time to come. I really felt like I was walking through history, albeit a mostly unknown history.
Friday night I was up in our lounge where I found a copy of an old edition of Time Out Berlin. I took it with me and although I didn’t read much of it – I’d gone to bed at 2 AM and the insides of my eyelids were pretty – it was an . . . → Keep Going: Berlin: Walking Through History
By Cari, on June 14th, 2007%
create your own visited country map or check our Venice travel guide I think I’ve travelled a lot, but then I look at that map and am somewhat unimpressed. Far too much grey space.I could cheat and list the two countries I’ll visit before going home, but Europe is so squished that it’s hard to tell.The new class is going well. We had two half days of class followed by tours of the city. Areas I’d seen before but nice to see them again. I think it’s safe to say we had the most fun trying . . . → Keep Going: Travel and C&HT
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