Jet lagged but content

I am sitting out on the back porch of our hotel in Prague, which looks much as it did in the middle ages, only with electricity and Internet. High brick walls surrounded by green gardens. This is the first chance I have had to write a word.

We spent yesterday in Frankfurt, dazed from jet lag. After rallying enough to begin walking, we found the old town very lively due to a holiday having to do with Easter. All fathers are encouraged to get drunk. The ancient town square was alive with street vendors, jugglers, buskers, acrobats, and European people who were ripe for people watching. There were beer bike wagons built for eight people, who sat at a counter on wheels and pedaled around Frankfurt. We crossed the Main River on a romantic old, massive bridge, where lovers pledge everlasting togetherness by attaching engraved padlocks to the railing. The various locks are painted or engraved with the names, along with hearts or plus signs. Some are threaded through the links of chains.

After dinner at an authentic Chinese restaurant, we walked back to an early bedtime, worn out at eight o'clock. After a night with no sleep crammed in a tight seat on a 747, we felt a sense of accomplishment just for making it through the day without a nap. Today was spent on a train and bus to Prague,where we met our new friend Jana. We had arranged to meet at the train station, and she was a big help for two folks not used to the language. We toured the entire historic district with her, and had a nice dinner of goulash, and some other Czech food, the name of which was totally indecipherable. Try the google translator on a few phrases in Czech and you will get an idea of what we are in for as we ride our bikes through the countryside in the next few weeks.

This hotel has Internet down here on the patio, so I will try to keep up the writing. Stay tuned for profiles of famous Czech heroes like Good King Wenceslas and Jan Hus. Lots of old Roman remains also, like the lion with two tails.

I just tried to post a picture with this, but as far as I can tell the IPad won't upload it. I will experiment further see if I can get it done. Hope all is well back in the real world.