Wild Boar in Prague

No. Not my brother, Steve, but a wonderful, typically Prague/Bohemian plate that capped off our 24 hour awake journey from Philly to Prague. Delicious brown sauce with what they called cranberries, but I think they were lingonberries.

Another local tradition that surprised us a bit. The candle is beef tallow. As the flame moves down the wick it liquifies the fat, ready for your knife to pick it up and spread on delicious, hard-crusted rye with caraway seeds topped with the fried cracklings spread around the plate. Marsha and Arlene had delicious local Char on top of shredded celeriac salad (we think). But I digress….

Just Whetting your Appetite (unfortunately)

The real truth! The wickedly bad WiFi in Prague (especially in our hotel) and my new iPad settings are not allowing the photos we are taking be uploaded (a few exceptions above). We leave for Passau, Germany tomorrow to join our river boat on the Danube. There we hope the technical difficulties will get cleared up and get you back in the loop.

Hang in there…and do not get wildly boar-ed in the meantime.

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Czech-ing off Prague on the Way to the Danube

Off again on another Viking river journey. This time along the Danube from Passau, Germany to Budapest with lots of exciting stops along the way. This time we’re joining my younger bro, Steve (I know, he does look older) and sis-in-law, Arlene. We’re all flying to Prague first for three nights (2 1/2 days) to explore its authentic past…and noteworthy present.

We’ll make our way southwest to Passau, one of Bavaria’s oldest cities, where we’ll board the Viking Embla and spend two days exploring “The City of Three Rivers” before heading for Linz, Krems, and Vienna, Austria. From there to Bratislava in Slovakia, and ending in Budapest, Hungary (to check on its new “democracy”).

We leave on May 27th from Philadelphia, so you’ve got some time to finish packing. And, as always, please comment to let us know if you have any special recommendations for us, whether you’ve been there yourselves or from other sources. We can’t wait for you to join us!

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Remember Scotland?

Aye, it seems like a long time ago, but we’ve finally organized our photos and videos and added many of them to our archives in SmugMug. If you’re interested in looking back and seeing a little more than we sent you in this blog, just click the link below and browse to your heart’s content.

Scotland 2025 Photos & Videos

We hope this finds you well and happy, and planning your next adventures at home or abroad. We’re beginning our plan for a trip along the Danube next year with a start in Prague then onto the river through Austria to Budapest. We’ll let you know when to start packing your bags.

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