As promised...some vacation pictures...Dial-up warning...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

Prague...













Konigstein Fortress






City of Meissen






City of Wittenberg




Sans Souci




Berlin, and the Pergamon Museum

[Inchworm]

1. Most awesome!

Thanks for sharing. They are all beautiful.

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear Inchworm!

Thank you!

It was really difficult to decide on which ones to post...

I took over 700!

I'm glad you enjoyed them.......

:hi:

[malta blue]

2. Wow Peggy!

Those are beautiful!

Thank you so much for sharing them. It brought a smile to my face today to see you posting again - I missed you!
:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. My dear malta blue....

Aw, sweetie, thank you so much...

It was hard to be away from all my dear friends...

But I did have a great time!

I'm truly honored that you like these..... :hug:

Ah, now you'll never be rid of me!

[malta blue]

10. I am sure you had a fantastic and well-deserved trip!

I look forward to more pictures in the coming days.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

26. And there will indeed be more...

One of these days.....

Thanks, sweetie...:hug:

[cwydro]

3. Fantastic pics there!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. My dear cwydro!

Thanks, sweetie!

Glad you like these....

I had a blast taking them!

BTW, went to the gym today, first time in a month, and I'm wearing your Geiger Key t-shirt!

:pals:

[WCGreen]

5. The caption for the third one down....

All I wanted was a little head....

Great Pics...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

Ah, Chris ....that's the perfect caption!

Glad you like these!

:hug:

[NightWatcher]

6. Welcome back

I hope that you had fun. I cant wait to get back to Germany and the rest of western Europe. Isnt it a shock to see how far a US Dollar actually goes in Europe. Piece of advice, if you used an ATM over there, dont go look at your bank account. I screamed when the 200eu withdrawls equalled 260$usd.

I hate to mention this but you have returned to the USA and DU during a time of nasty Fear and Loathing.

Did you get the chance to make it to Koln? I missed Meissen last time over there and I keep kicking myself.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. My dear NightWatcher!

Thanks for the warm welcome....it's good to be home!

I had a ball in Europe!

I didn't make it to Koln this time....

Meissen was amazing!

I do plan on looking at my bank account....:scared:

I am feeling the atmosphere here...and am doing my best to counteract it...

:hi:

[MissMillie]

7. I always love your pictures

and now I love that you got to go to such a wonderful place to take photos!


:thumbsup:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. My dear MissMillie!

Oh, thank you!

I'm really happy to be able to share these with you...

It was terrific to go.......and even better to come home...

:hi:

[SPKrazy]

9. Great Pics Peg!

:hug:

good to see you back!

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. My dear Southpawkicker!

Thank you, sweetie......

I'm always happy when you like my stuff...

I'm so happy to be here with all you cool folks again...:hug:

[SPKrazy]

29. Should be more like a dial up air raid siren or something

:silly:

I'm sorry, great pics and glad you are back I was just noticing how with DSL it kept going and going to load all the way down, i mean it took 15 seconds dammit!

:rofl:

:hug:

[Nickster]

12. Wow, those are great pics, you have a wonderful eye. Thanks for sharing.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. My dear Nickster!

It's always my pleasure to share the beauty I'm lucky enough to see...

Thank you for the very nice compliments!

:hi:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

16. I hope your vacation was even lovelier than your pics!

Welcome home! :hug::toast::hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. My dear GoddessOfGuinness!

It was a fantastic time!

But you know that vacations are also hard work.....

I came home exhausted........

But these make it all worthwhile!

Glad you like my pictures, sweetie!

Thank you for the warm welcome........:hug:

[lost-in-nj]

19. Just breathtaking....

The architecture is beautiful and it seems
you caught it just right....

Thanks for posting these


lost

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. My dear lost-in-nj!

Wow, your words take my breath away....

Thank you so much!

:hug:

[mvd]

20. Wow - those are gorgeous, Peggy!

Our country's architecture looks so new compared, but no more striking! In fact, I like reading about ancient cultures - Ancient Egypt especially. I went to the Tut exhibit at the Franklin Institute. :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

23. My dear mvd!

Oh, thank you so much!

I hear you about our country's architecture.....

Sometimes I wonder if we'll ever have any buildings as old as these...

I'm sure you had a ball at the Tut exhibit!

:hi: back atcha!

[mvd]

25. Yes, it was fun

They didn't have Tut's mask or his embalming, but they did have all sorts of stuff from his tomb! Hope you had a good weekend. :hi:

[wildhorses]

21. thanks peg. very nice!!

do you mind if i snag the horse? :shrug:

:hug:

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. My dear wildhorses!

Oh, sweetie, help yourself to the horse! It was made by Meissen, the German porcelain artists......

Really, you can always take anything you like.......

It's an enormous compliment!

Glad you like these...:hug:

:hi:

[VenusRising]

27. Gorgeous photos, Peggy!!

I love the Astronomical Clock photo. I can't wait to see that in person. (Just a few months!)

Thank you for sharing your lovely vacation with us.

Glad you made it home safe and sound.

:hug::loveya:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

31. My dear VenusRising!

The Astronomical Clock was mostly a big yawn, I'm afraid! It is, however, very pretty to see!

I live, and love, to share.....I would just die if I couldn't do that for all of you...

Glad you like these!

I too am glad to be home once again, surrounded by those I love.......:loveya: :hug:

[VenusRising]

34. How disappointing.

I guess the Travel Channel makes it seem exciting because they have an all access pass.

:shrug:

It's a good thing the AC is not the only thing I had my heart set on seeing.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

36. Oh, by all means, go see it!

But when it chimes...well, it lasts about 30 seconds, and then it's over!

It certainly is worth seeing, however...

Didn't mean to disillusion you, sweetie...I'm sorry...:hug:

[VenusRising]

37. Oh, you didn't, Peggy.

And I'll still go see it, and be just as awed by it when I do.

Now, I'll also think of you when I see it. :hug:

[jpgray]

28. You know, one could relieve oneself long and relaxedly on a Tycho Brahe memorial

And there wouldn't be anything wrong with that.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

33. My dear jpgray....

Are you nuts?

There would be plenty wrong with that......

Or are you making some sort of joke that I'm missing? :shrug:

[jpgray]

44. Tycho Brahe died supposedly due to his bladder bursting

He was too polite to excuse himself. :D

[Guava Jelly]

30. Those are nice Calpeg!!

Thank you for adding a little culture and beauty to the lounge. :thumbsup:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

35. My dear GoPsUx......

Sooo glad you like them!

I just assume that because I like stuff like this, everyone else does too...:silly:

:hug:

[puerco-bellies]

32. Beautiful pictures C-P.

Keep em' coming please.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

39. My dear puerco-bellies!

Thanks, sweetie!

And you can bet there will be more!

:hug:

[leftofthedial]

38. beautemous!

Thank you.

What was your favorite place?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

41. My dear leftofthedial!

You know, one of my friends at the gym this morning asked me the same thing.....

And I don't really have a favorite place...

But I must say that being on our little river boat watching the water slide by and having nothing to do.....

That was truly memorable...:hug:

Glad you liked these!

[leftofthedial]

54. way too much fun

sounds like a special trip

but don't get started on that "indoor exercise" theme again! LOL

[KitchenWitch]

40. The architecture is breathtaking!

:)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

42. My dear KitchenWitch!

Thanks, sweetie!

Those Europeans really knew how to build!

I gave up trying to burn the disk, and just loaded directly into my Photobucket last night...*sigh*

But one of these days I'd like you to help me learn how...

I have some pics I took of my fellow travellers, and I promised to send those...

I need to transfer them into my desktop....

:hug:

[RevCheesehead]

43. Don't you just love Prague?

Peggy, your photos are stunning. :applause:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

47. My dear Rev!

I did love Prague, esp. the old parts of the city!

Thank you for the very kind comments......

And where have you been? Hmmm? Working, I suppose! :hug:

[Miss Marmelstein]

45. Very beautiful photos...............

Prague is such a lovely city. You must have had a wonderful time. Thanks for posting these!

:bounce: :bounce:

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

48. My dear Miss Marmelstein!

Indeed, Old Prague is gorgeous! I did have a wonderful time......

It's my pleasure to post, always...

Thank you for your very kind comments!

:hug:

[SeattleGirl]

46. Very nice, Peggy!!!

Thanks for sharing these wonderful pics! :loveya:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

49. My dear SeattleGirl!

Awww, thanks, sweetie!

Glad you enjoyed these! I had a blast taking them.......:loveya:

[huskerlaw]

50. Oooh, lovely!!

The architecture is just phenomenal!

Your pictures are making me all excited for my European vacation...even though I'm not going to Germany.

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

51. My dear huskerlaw!

Thanks, sweetie!

You will have a ball, believe me!

Beautiful buildings aren't limited to Germany.......

Where all are you going? When? Take your camera, sweetie!

:hi: back atcha!

[huskerlaw]

52. I'm going...

to Belgium, the Netherlands, and the UK. July 20-Aug. 10. :woohoo:

The camera will definitely be in attendance. ;)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

53. That is WAY cool!

You might consider doing what I did.....

I bought a laptop, and every day I uploaded my pics from that day...

I labelled them, and now I have a very nice record of where and when...

Have a great time, and I cannot wait to see your pics! :hug:

[Ptah]

55. Too many wonderful pics to comment on each one, Peggy!

What a wonderful series of photographs, I SERIES!!1!!
:thumbsup: :hug:
Thank you for sharing.

I am envious of your trip.
I have wanted to see the Prague Astronomical Clockfor many, many years.


A number of fictitious legends relate to this Clock. For a long time it was
believed that it was built sometime around 1490 by a clockmaster Jan Ruze (Hanus)
and his assistant Jakub Cech. It has only been possible in recent times to prove convincingly that the Prague Astronomical Clock is considerably older and that
it was made in the year 1410. It was constructed by the clockmaker Mikulas of Kadan
in collaboration with Jan Ondrejuv called Sindel, professor of mathematics and
astronomy of Prague Charles University. The astronomical dial (astrolabe on the clock face) with its mechanism is working to this day. It was only in the second phase, probably in
1490, that a calendar dial was added under the astronomical dial. At that time
the entire facade of the Astronomical Clock was richly decorated with striking
Vladislav Gothic (which is the Czech equivalent of Flamboyant Gothic)
stone sculptures. The important exceptions are the sculpture flanking
the astronomical dial and mask and figures on its architrave which were
created at the beginning of the 15th century by members of the masonic
lodge of stonemasons and sculptor led by Peter Parler.





:loveya:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

58. My dear Ptah!

Oh, sweetie....

Thank you sooooo much for your wonderful praise!

It means a lot to this old lady, lol!

And really thank you for the extensive history of the Astronomical Clock!

I knew it was old.....but not that old!

:loveya:

[RevolutionaryActs]

56. Wow, those are amamzing!

Thank you so much for sharing Peggy, you have a great eye. :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

59. My dear Rev_Acts!

Thank you so much, sweetie, for your very kind words!

I love to share .....

:hug:

[idgiehkt]

57. those are stunning!

Glad you had a great time and good to see you gave props to Tyco Brahe. Glad to have you back, though. :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

61. My dear idgie!

It is very good to be home among my beloved Lounge Lizards!

But it was a great trip.....

My husband wanted to see Tycho Brahe's grave, and his statue.......

It was an adventure in itself finding both of those!

Thank you for your kind words!

:hug:

[GenDem]

60. Beautiful places, Peggy!

Amazing photographs.

Thanks for sharing!

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

62. My dear GenDem!

Thank you so much, sweetie!

Europe is full of such wonderful sights...

Glad you enjoyed my contribution today...

I live, and love, to share... :hug:

[Xipe Totec]

63. They're all beautiful, as usual

but Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler,...


That made my day :bounce:

thank you CalPeg!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

65. My dear Xipe Totec!

I'm so jazzed that you like these!

I did have trouble choosing.......

Are Tycho Brahe and Kepler heroes of yours? They are to my husband...

Thank you....:hug:

[blondie58]

64. Thank you, California Peggy!

for letting me live variously through you. I love to travel, but I don't have the funds and I also have a teen that is busy with school and work right now, so I am not able to do a great trip at this time. Although, I did go to California last month and that was wonderful.

Sehr, sehr schon.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

66. My dear blondie58!

I'm so pleased that you find pleasure here in my pictures...

And that you can live vicariously that way!

Thank you for your compliments, sweetie! :pals:

[Kajsa]

67. Gorgeous pictures, Peggy!

You really captured the feel of European cities
and architecture.
Those are wonderful photos!

The detail in the cannon ( NO.8) is amazing.
And we named one of our many kitties ( over the years)

Johannes Kepler!- It was great to see him! ;-)

Thanks so much for taking me back to Europe.

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

68. My dear Kajsa!

Wow, you will turn my head with your praise, sweetie!

Thank you.....

I wondered if anyone would identify the cannon.....Good on ya!

My pleasure .......

There will be another thread, another day......

:hug:

[fizzgig]

69. simply amazing

i love, love, love! that last prague picture. that is fantastic!

thank you so much for sharing peggy

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

70. My dear kagehime.......

Thank you, sweetie.....your comments mean a great deal to me...

I would die if I couldn't share the beauty I am privileged enough to see...

:hug:

[Shine]

71. Thanks for sharing these great pix, Peggy! Looks like a fun adventure.

the architecture is spectacular! I bet you're glad to be home, right? :hug: Welcome back! :loveya: Are you back on CA time yet?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

75. My dear Shine!

Thanks, sweetie! Glad you enjoyed these!

It was a fun adventure indeed! And you bet I'm glad to be home...

Thanks for the warm welcome too......And no, I'm not completely on CA time yet!

I've been feeling very tired around 11PM every night since I got back on Friday...

Otherwise, I feel great!

:loveya: :hug:

[Shine]

79. Melatonin is supposed to be great for jet lag.

for what it's worth...it helps to get your system back on track.

Sweet dreams! :hi: :hug:

[u4ic]

72. You know I've been looking forward to these, Peggy!

And you did not disappoint! What marvellous pictures! :bounce:

You definitely saw some beautiful sights.

Thanks for sharing, and I look forward to more! :loveya: :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

77. My dear u4ic!

You are too kind!

I'm so pleased that I didn't disappoint you.......

There were many many beautiful sights....I had trouble choosing which pics to post!

I took in excess of 700....so you know there will be more pic threads!

In a while, anyway...

:loveya: :hug:

[libnnc]

73. Oh Peggy those are fantastic!

From the looks of those pics, the weather was beautiful for you. I've heard so many great things about Prague. My mother and I did Austria, Switzerland and Bavaria back in '80. (We missed a late June snow in Switzerland by a couple of weeks :crazy: )

Glad your trip went well. Thanks so much for letting us live vicariously through you!

And so happy to have you back :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

78. My dear libnnc!

Oh, thanks, sweetie!

The weather was pretty good, for the most part......

One day we had significant rain, and I didn't have either my jacket or umbrella....I got soaked...

Well, I am waterproof!

Prague, at least the old parts of it, is lovely......

Glad you enjoyed these!

:hug:

[madrchsod]

74. cool pictures...i`m jealous!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

80. My dear madrchsod!

Now, don't be jealous!

Glad you like these.....

I hope that one sweet day you will get to Europe too.......

It's definitely worth it...:hug:

[liberaltrucker]

76. Awesome pics, Peggy

But I'm incredibly jealous!

:hug:

:toast:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

81. My dear liberaltrucker!

How lovely to see you tonight...

Glad you like my offerings........

Hope you can get there one day, too......

:hug:

[Whoa_Nelly]

82. Oh, thank you!

I adore architecture, and you captured some great shots! :hi: :pals: :loveya:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

83. My dear Whoa_Nelly!

Oh, you surprised me!

I'd forgotten this thread......lol!

Thank you for the great compliments, sweetie!

And there will be more of those.......later....

:loveya: :pals: