We are 5 days into our trip to Prague, where Cienna (my granddaughter) now lives...She has been here teaching for 11 months and recently returned to Portland and spent 10 days with family and friends, before joining us on our trip to Prague, so she could show us all the sights and we (Rusty, Della and Bobi (Cienna's mom) could spend time with her and see what her life is like in a foreign country.
Rusty and I met up with Bobi and Ci at PDX, Thursday, August 8th, after driving 2 1/2 hours to Pendleton, then flying on Boutique Air for an hour...We all waited 5 hours at PDX, before boarding our plane, Iceland Air, for 8 hours, to Iceland, where we had a 1 1/2 hour layover that stretch into 3 1/2 hours after a delay and a different plane...Arrived in Prague around 5pm Friday (Prague time.) None of us got much sleep, because with the change in time, it never got dark.
Our first day was spent acquainting ourselves with our surroundings, shopping for a few groceries, mostly breakfast items and drinks...We spent the afternoon at Cienna's flat, only about 5 blocks away and Bobi and Rusty soon got oriented with directions...Our flat is in between a freeway, major roads, and tram lines, so earplugs are our friends at night...We are on the second floor (have an elevator) and can leave our windows open, with fans, as AC is not in most housing in Prague...We spend most of our time on trams, buses, subways, walking and occasionally on BOLT (Uber)...So far we have visited the Jewish Cemetery, Old Town, parks and beer gardens and today we took a lunch cruise on the Charles River...It has been very hot but is cooling with possible rain by the weekend.
My kids have been super good to me as we navigate the cobblestone sidewalks, roads etc...I use trekking poles when walking and sometimes we take a transport chair along for me to ride in...It is quite rough but Rusty is a good "pusher" and hasn't dumped me out yet...When crossing roads, you have to watch for cars, buses and trams that all run on the same roads, cars don't have to wait for you to get clear across the street and they drive very fast.
That's enough for today, hugs to All...OWAV:)
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