TRAVEL – PRAGUE
While I had booked several trips in Prague, having lost my notes, I’ll have to stretch my brain here! But that’s fine, there isn’t a lot left to stretch.
We went for a walk to orientate ourselves.
I noticed that much of the architecture is what I call European.
Prague lies on either side of the Vitava river and is called the City of a Hundred Spires. I suspect this might be because there are a lot of buildings with spires on them.
HISTORY – ISABELLA OF SPAIN
Isabella now takes time out to do a bit of travelling round Castile with her brother, then pops into a convent for a bit of R & R. While there she gets the news that her bother has been poisoned.
She rushes off to see him, but he’s fine. She goes back to the convent but the next day he is dead. The assassins got the date muddled.
Isabella stays in the convent of Santa Clara and prays a lot she is very upset – well you would be, wouldn’t you?
AFRICA FACTS
Another observation about coming home on leave when you’ve been working abroad.
All of the places we lived in before we moved further south to South Africa were not very first world. For example, in Libya it was impossible to buy fresh milk, so we purchased powdered milk in tins. We had one choice of cheese, one of butter and most other products – no ready meals, not a lot that was familiar or hygienic. I only ever bought whole beef fillets – which I then had minced by the butcher, or cut into chunks. Goat, camel and chicken carcasses lying on the butchers’ floor looked so unappetising.
Back in England in the supermarket I stood rooted to the floor. Firstly, the sights, sounds, bright lights and piped music overwhelmed my senses. Secondly, I couldn’t cope with the range of produce. Butter: salted, unsalted, English, Dutch, French, Irish. Large sized, small sized, foil wrapped, paper wrapped. It was all too much for me. Kind people stopped to ask me if I was feeling ill?
We desperately missed our pork products and often on landing would rush to the airport cafeteria and order bacon sandwiches and a glass of real milk. Usually we were feeling very sick by the time we climbed into the hired car! Makes you wonder doesn’t it?
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Till next time, take care.
I just read a post about rationing but I guess we don’t think that in some places having limited choice is the standard. Thanks, Lucinda.
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Olga once outside the main cities in many, many places the choice is limited. We are so spoilt these days!
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Some lovely pics! ♥
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thank you Billy – just your average iPad pics. Always a nightmare getting them into the computer though. I’m so not techie!
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Big Time Likewise! ♥
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I like those Prague pics, especially the lock, but now I want to know where the dam is because there must be one if there’s a lock…if you get my drift…and Yes!! About the supermarket junkie thing. But I do that when I go back to SA now…so many things I miss!
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Mrs Balls Chutney for one! and all those Ceres fruit juices and the designer water with lichi juice in it and – yes fresh lichis too! Wait Val, there is more about the lock coming up!
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