Wow,
I just checked and saw that the last email I sent was a long time ago...
So since the last email I went to Berlin with work which was pretty cool. Being able to see the Berlin Wall and seeing how it was and real parts that are still up. I even bought a nice little 2 inch square piece.
After that Lindsay and I went to Prague, half of Lindsay's motherland. It was awesome. It actually snowed the night we got there and then the next morning. I woke up early and took pictures of the city and the main bridge before all the tourists showed up and also before the snow melted. It was a great city. It was American Easter and it was pretty funny. We ate at one place 3 days before Easter weekend and then went to the same place later the night before Easter. They changed the menu and prices to be more expensive. The Easter markets were cool, and the astrological clock. It was really nice the only thing is that it was kind of cold, but it was nice to get away. There was a castle at the top of the hill, and also we did 2 day trips. The day trips were 2 other castles. That was really fun as we took some old school trains to locations that were not really marked and had our own adventures. One of the days we saw a Easter market not for tourists, it was nice to see the local folk enjoying themselves.
Also Penny and Mom, and Candi came to visit us in London. The first night Lins, Penny and my mom went to the show(dirty dancing the musical) and candi a few traders from work and I went out to eat and then I was in charge of candi all night until the girls got home. It was really fun and then Friday all the girls went shopping. Then Saturday we all went to Warwick Castle.
It was great weather and a great time. It was really nice to have them here. Oh we actually had a one night visitor before them, Nicole showed up for a layover for maybe less than 12 hrs. But this was nice to get our visitors for more than one night. I still haven't put those pics online, but the rest of the stuff is online. And when I get the pics from Penny I can add those to the site.
Then there was Greek Easter. We watched the annual Easter Egg hunt at my parents house via the webcam. We also went to church here at night. It was crazy, 100's, maybe 1000's of people in the street. They closed 3-4 blocks. It was crazy trying to get into the church to get a light. It was a great night because there was no wind, so it was easy to get the light home. And we didn't have to worry about looking weird holding a candle at 1-2 AM on Saturday night as there were people everywhere.
So then last week we had our first week long vacation, I will update you on the location and what happened later, give you some suspense.


As always you can see the pics and emails online:
http://taboys.com/london2.html
John

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