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Friday, August 6, 2010
Prague POD: August 6
In September, Dave and I are going on holiday to Prague. I'm going to eat a dumpling, wear a black leather jacket, and walk on cobblestones. I've been asked so many times, "Why Prague?" that I've decided to show you.
It's the Prague Photo of the Day (POD). This is the Vltava River that flows through Prague. (Click the photo; the large version is really, really pretty.)
Click the video below to listen to "Die Moldau" (the German name for the Vltava) by Bedřich Smetana. It's haunting and lyrical and lush and... sigh. The music is a tone poem and describes the course of the Vltava, starting from the small springs of the Cold and Warm Vltava, to their unification into a single current. The Vltava winds through woods and meadows, past the celebration of a farmer's wedding and the dance of mermaids in the moonlight. On the shore, castles and palace ruins loom, then the Vltava swirls into St. John's Rapids and widens as it flows toward Prague, past the Vyšehrad (the Prague castle), and vanishes into the distance, ending at the Elbe in Germany.
I read yesterday that Czech Airlines plays the Moldau after their planes land: I hope that's true!
GREAT article in the cf journal! very inspiring! hope you are doing well. incidentally, i am headed outside austin for meetings. we'll be in horseshoe bay...wish we were in austin. would love to catch up with you sometime...maybe in schuylkill county...lol
WOW! You are really inspiring! I just read the article you wrote for crossfit journal and it just brought me to tears! Very powerful words! You said everything so perfectly and it really related to me and my personal situation right now. You totally rock!
Richard --> Thanks! I can't WAIT to get lost in the streets of Prague and Berlin.
Kim & Ali --> I'm glad you like my CrossFit Journal article. It was a humdinger to write! Lots of powerful stuff going on this summer. Ali, whatever your "situation" is... hang in there, girl.
I'm jealous...but happy for your upcoming adventures! Also liking the new blog theme ;-)
ReplyDeleteGREAT article in the cf journal! very inspiring! hope you are doing well. incidentally, i am headed outside austin for meetings. we'll be in horseshoe bay...wish we were in austin. would love to catch up with you sometime...maybe in schuylkill county...lol
ReplyDeleteHey Melissa!
ReplyDeleteWOW! You are really inspiring! I just read the article you wrote for crossfit journal and it just brought me to tears! Very powerful words! You said everything so perfectly and it really related to me and my personal situation right now. You totally rock!
-Ali Nichols
Richard --> Thanks! I can't WAIT to get lost in the streets of Prague and Berlin.
ReplyDeleteKim & Ali --> I'm glad you like my CrossFit Journal article. It was a humdinger to write! Lots of powerful stuff going on this summer. Ali, whatever your "situation" is... hang in there, girl.