Christmas season is in full swing here in Europe. Christmas markets are everywhere and the sugary smell of hot wine or gluhwine wafts through the city streets. While Whitney and Susannah stayed back in Stuttgart to go with Susannah's kindergarten class to the Christmas market, I had a work trip that took me to Prague, Czech Republic. The trip was based around US-Czech cooperation and we met with Czech Air Force officers over a couple of days. It was a great experience and working with international military officers is always enlightening.
Although the days were mostly filled with meetings, we did get a chance to wander around Prague and soak up some of their holiday festivities.
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| This is the iconic Charles Bridge. My hotel was a few steps away. |
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| This is the center square in downtown Prague. Lots of history here and of course the Christmas market was in full swing. |
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| Here is my hotel room. Prague is fairly cheap compared to Western Europe, but Whitney thought this seemed a little too fancy until I reminded her who was paying the bill.... |
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| Prague was beautiful at night. Whitney and I visited a few years ago and it was very much the same. Hoards of tourists, great good, phenomenal Pils and lots of history. |
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| Here are my girls at Sunday lunch enjoying their Apple strudel with ice cream. We went to the Hunde Hutte restaurant (hound house) for lunch. It's a German restaurant that doubles as a dog training facility....not kidding. There is a big training area in front of the restaurant. Not sure what happens to the dogs that don't pass the training, but the Weiner Schnitzel was delicious. |
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