Wow, it is Thursday already...

I still am having problems with the Czech keyboard so if you find a z or a y in the wrong place, please just switch it!

I wll try to recap, going backwards since I do not have my notes - yesterday we went to the Jewish part of Prague - Josevof. We went to five synagogues and the cemetary. I can say that the Pinkas Synagogue was overwhelming to me, all the names on the walls of the Jewish people who disappeared (died) during WWII. The synagogues are very different in nature from each other. The Spanish one is ornate - the Maisel is neo-Gothic. We did not visit the oldest one but I will try to go back for that one before leaving.

We ate lunch and I had traditional cabbage soup (very good where we were) and pickled sausages, also very good. So far, I have not had anything to eat that was not great. No bad experiences with food. And I have eaten a ton of food! Even with the ř miles or a day that we walk, I am sure I have onlz gained weight. The ice cream (gelato) just will not let me pass by!

We all went off to do our own things and I went geocaching. Snagged four! At one of them, I met a German couple on holiday who was looking for the same thing. So we logged it together! Very fun! We did not even have to exchange contact information since we knew we could see each other online. Hmmmm.....this caching thing is a hit! I need to find a larger container or two to place my travel bugs before leaving. I do not want to bring them home with me - that would be a travesty!

I went on to the Museum of Communism. Going up in the 50s, the big Russian machine was the nightmare of every parent and certainly mine were no exception and instilled the fear of the Commies in me, if not in my brothers, also. Seeing the Communist items there on display and reading the Czech Communist story was fascinating enough but watching the video of the Velvet Revolution and seeing that we had been in the places where those people marched and were beaten was humbling for me. Those students marched for a change and they got it! Very interesting museum.

Still on the list, of course, is the sex toys museum and the torture museum. How kitshky can they be?

We went to the Betheham Chapel - interesting building but I could have gone for the foot massage instead and that would have been a wiser choice for me.

We went to the opening ceremonies of SOKOL, fitness organization. Literally thousands of people doing all sorts of routines. Picture the half-time show at your local high school on steroids and all precisely perfect. What a great followup to the parade I saw accidentally on Sunday. Katka, our guide, outdid herself on that one, I think.

Tuesday was the walk around the Old Town and New Town. I will have to recap that at a later time....it is time for breakfast and I need to log the caches from yesterday.

Not promising anything but I will try to make it back to blog later today. No promises because I found a Thai foot massage place yesterday and did not have time to go in and today is the day for that! I may just die after that!

Ahoj!