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On the airplane getting ready for the long flight to London.

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First day in Prague!

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From Wenceslas Square looking up at the Czech National Museum.

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So much of Prague looks like a lovely Christmas village!

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Charles Bridge and Prague Castle

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Tina on Charles Bridge

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Wishing spot on Charles Bridge

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Syd making a wish

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Tina making a wish

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Walking across Charles Bridge

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Old Town Square

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Astronomical Clock

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Self portrait (selves portrait, since there are two of us?)

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Belgian waffle covered with three kinds of chocolate sauce and whipped cream. A girl's gotta eat.

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Our completely unplanned observation of the 20th anniversary reenactment of the student protest that started the Velvet

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More protesting

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More protesting

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Tina on one of the crazy long escalators in the metro system

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Syd on one of the crazy long escalators in the metro system

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Syd in a metro station

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Tina in a metro station

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Sittin' downtown in a railway station...

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A street. Wouldn't want to be one of the bricklayers here...

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Syd on the castle steps (before she climbed them all and thought she might pass out...)

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View from the castle steps

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View from the castle steps

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View from the castle steps

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The guards at the castle gate

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View from the castle steps

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Still on the way up to the castle...

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Blacksmith at Prague Castle

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Blacksmith at Prague Castle

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St. Vitus's Cathedral

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Basilica of St. George

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Saint Vitus's Cathedral

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Saint Vitus's Cathedral

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Saint Vitus's Cathedral

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Saint Vitus's Cathedral

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Saint Vitus's Cathedral - see the organ?

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Saint Vitus's Cathedral - stained glass

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Saint Vitus's Cathedral - Chapel of St. Wenceslas

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Saint Vitus's Cathedral

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Saint Vitus's Cathedral - confessional

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Saint Vitus's Cathedral

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Saint Vitus's Cathedral

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Syd with a very serious castle guard

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Prague Castle

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Kitty on a rooftop as seen from the castle steps

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Astronomical clock during the day

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Astronomical clock during the day

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Astronomical clock during the day

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Astronomical clock during the day - check out the people up at the top!

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Astronomical clock during the day

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Candy maker - blurry and glare-y through the glass, but super cool to watch how they make these fancy hard candies with

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On the train

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Not the most awesome picture, but you can see the Nazi bullet holes on the Church of St. Cyril and St. Methodius. I wan

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Side view of the Dancing House.

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Funny little car.

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In front of one of the rotundas in Vy??ehrad.

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View of the Vltava River from Vy??ehrad.

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Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Vy??ehrad.

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View from Vy??ehrad.

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Atop the wall in Vy??ehrad.

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Atop the wall in Vy??ehrad.

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Atop the wall in Vy??ehrad.

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Atop the wall in Vy??ehrad.

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In Vy??ehrad

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In Vy??ehrad

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In Vy??ehrad

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In Vy??ehrad

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View of the Vltava River (and Charles Bridge) from Vy??ehrad.

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The sign explaining to me what I was seeing. Still need to translate...

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In Vy??ehrad

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In the cemetery at Vy??ehrad.

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Tabor Gate into Vy??ehrad

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More sidewalk...

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Rotunda in Vy??ehrad

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Vy??ehrad Park

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Vy??ehrad Park

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The fortification at Vy??ehrad.

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More view of the river from Vy??ehrad.

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The wall at Vy??ehrad

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Delete

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My guess was dungeon, but I think it was just a bridge.

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Vy??ehrad

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A tennis court nestled into this lovely area below the street

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Circled back around to a view of the Tabor Gate

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Vy??ehrad metro station, where we started all of our excursions.

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Train at Vy??ehrad metro station

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Patriotic in front of the US Embassy.

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Tina wanting to reenact movie scenes in front of the US Embassy

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Street crapper!

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Inside the street crapper. Yes, I paid 35 crown to see the inside. Worth every penny.

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Trees at the Castle. Anyone know what these are?

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More odd looking trees

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View from a bridge going to the castle... looks eerie and foggy and mysterious...

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Torture devices!!

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Golden Lane

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Golden Lane... look how tall I am! Or... how tiny these little houses are...

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Golden Lane

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Tina next to a statue... the pictures of this from behind are not appropriate for young readers!

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More torture!

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More torture!

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More torture!

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More torture!

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So glad I'm not a criminal...

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Guarding the castle - are you intimidated?

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Guarding the castle - are you intimidated now?

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Foggy view from the St. Wenceslas Vineyard at Prague Castle

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Trying to get a good view of the 87 miles of uphill and stairs to actually get to the castle from this direction.

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Boat on a little offshoot of the Vltava River (near Charles Bridge)

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Tina's new hat.

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From the front door Weds night - after pushing the Olds down the street.

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From the front door Wednesday night

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The back yard - That's a 4 foot ruler stuck in the snow. Can you find the bench?

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Drifts hanging down from the roof

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Back yard, barbecue - no burgers tonight!

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From the front door on Thursday morning

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From the front door

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Grover's so unimpressed with this whole snow thing...

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Tillie, on the other hand, thinks it's pretty cool.

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The Cavalier in the driveway

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Tina, after shoveling in front of the door - snow still up to her knees!

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Jimmy's dog Lady on top of a drift

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Tillie

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Driveway, before digging out

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Oldsmobile, before digging out

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Cavalier (again)

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Jimmy, knee deep on the sidewalk

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Oldsmobile & a view of the street

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Pups, after digging a little pathway on the driveway

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Grover on the shoveled sidewalk. I can't tell where he ends and the snow begins

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Grover

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Grover & Lady heading towards the warm house.

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Lady & Jordan

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Burying Jimmy to see if his Saint Bernard will really rescue him. (She didn't!)

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Cavalier, after a lot of digging...

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Cars

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Tillie made a small attempt to dig Jimmy out of his snowbank.

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Me - I should have angled myself a little better to show off my awesome UW coat.

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Me, Jordan, Lady, Jimmy, Tillie, Tina & Grover

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Me, taking a pic of me. Cute, huh?

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We dug a spot out to move at least one car, for urgent needs like Diet Coke & new sleds...