Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Gypsy Biscuits

So Prague is even more beautiful than Amsterdam was (pictures to come). I love it. The locals are a little rough around the edges but, for the most part, friendly. The architecture is amazing. The weather has been a little weird - from sunny and hot to raining and cold to dry but windy back to sunny and hot - all in a couple of hours. And we thought New England weather was unpredictable.

Spent yesterday on a walking tour covering the city - the new and old city plus the castle and surrounding area. It was pretty cool and I got a ton of pics that I still need to go through and then upload - but that gives me something to do on the bus to Vienna.

I've managed to hook up with a bunch of wacky Australians, or Ozzies, as I've been told to call them. They are truly a strange bunch of people but a lot of fun to hang out with. After all, how can the descendants of English criminals be anything less than a lot of fun? You'll see some of them start popping up in the pictures as I post them.

There's a particular Russian from Australia that none of them seem to like to much as she's a bit "off." I've talked to her and she isn't playing with a full deck - that much is clear. They've labeled her "gypsy biscuits," which makes zero sense but makes me laugh none-the-less. Every once and a while I just say "gypsy biscuits" in my head and I chuckle a little.

Well that's it for now - sorry it's not too exciting. I've uploaded the Berlin pics and organized things a little, so now if you go to: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jjacome/sets things will show up in sets so you don't have to scroll through all the pictures you may (or may not) have already seen. The pictures from the Flickr site also feed the slideshow that shows on the right hand side of the page.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

John: I'm confused, was that a 2 man water fountain or a new and unusual sign for the mens restroom? The pictures are great and glad to hear that you have met up with "friends". Stay save and well. Love MOM

Anonymous said...

Glad to hear you're making friends!

It's humid, gray, a drizzly here in DC --- I think I'd appreciate a little more unpredictability to our weather.

Your photos are awesome!

John said...

It's a water fountain/art piece. It's called, get ready for it...
"Pissing".

What you don't see is that one of them actually moves it's hips around to spread out the flow.

The Czechs are some interesting people...

Anonymous said...

so glad you're having fun john! and yes, gypsy biscuits is deserving of a chuckle! :) anymore prostitutes knocking you down? i'm sure raymond was VERY jealous...

Anonymous said...

guess your trip will have a series of czechs and balances