Prague - Friday 25 August
Hi, everyone,
This is to catch you all up to where we are today - in Iceland, staying on Vestmannaeyjar, an island off the south coast. Lots of photos of that later...
Back to Friday, in Prague:
Belinda, Carol, Hamish, Toby, Maureen and I went to Prague Zoo - it was amazing, incredibly clean, well organised and not overly busy, even though it's high tourist time and school holidays. Belinda, Carol and the boys stayed till about 12 or so, when the boys were tired and cranky and ready to leave. Maureen and I stayed till about 2 and FOUND OUR OWN WAY HOME USING PUBLIC TRANSPORT!!!!!!
The flamingos were extremely noisy but very graceful and also very argumentative. They always remind me of Paul...
Please excuse the poor quality of the photos but almost all of them were taken through glass.
That's a really tiny blue lizard on the left - not sure what type but Maureen will have taken a photo of the accompanying information plaque so she can tell you all about that...
After the zoo, we rested at Frank's for a little while. Apparently I fell asleep on the lounge and took up a lot of space but I don't remember anything about it. Frank and Belinda had a party to go to on Friday night - a 50th - so Carol looked after the boys while Maureen and I 'helped'. I think I did some blog but I also had a couple of CCs.
SATURDAY:
Frank and Belinda drove us to the airport on Saturday morning - we were packed and ready at 8.30 as ordered. We all had breakfast at the airport - yummy - especially with Frank who is happy with whatever is available.
We boarded the plane on time - Norwegian Air - but got held up because a couple of passengers had to be moved from their seats so another passenger could have his CAT on board. The bloody thing mewed and carried on for the whole 4 hour flight. We then had to wait over an hour for our baggage - technical difficulties. However, once that arrived, we went to our hotel by PUBLIC TRANSPORT!!!!
We took the train from the airport to the city, left the station and spent about 45 minutes looking for our hotel, which turned out to be right next door to the station. I have a photo:
This is to catch you all up to where we are today - in Iceland, staying on Vestmannaeyjar, an island off the south coast. Lots of photos of that later...
Back to Friday, in Prague:
Belinda, Carol, Hamish, Toby, Maureen and I went to Prague Zoo - it was amazing, incredibly clean, well organised and not overly busy, even though it's high tourist time and school holidays. Belinda, Carol and the boys stayed till about 12 or so, when the boys were tired and cranky and ready to leave. Maureen and I stayed till about 2 and FOUND OUR OWN WAY HOME USING PUBLIC TRANSPORT!!!!!!
Please excuse the poor quality of the photos but almost all of them were taken through glass.
That's a really tiny blue lizard on the left - not sure what type but Maureen will have taken a photo of the accompanying information plaque so she can tell you all about that... |
| I took this photo and am very proud of it. Taken through glass but I zoomed in and got the tiger with his eyes open - such a beautiful animal! |
SATURDAY:
Frank and Belinda drove us to the airport on Saturday morning - we were packed and ready at 8.30 as ordered. We all had breakfast at the airport - yummy - especially with Frank who is happy with whatever is available.
We boarded the plane on time - Norwegian Air - but got held up because a couple of passengers had to be moved from their seats so another passenger could have his CAT on board. The bloody thing mewed and carried on for the whole 4 hour flight. We then had to wait over an hour for our baggage - technical difficulties. However, once that arrived, we went to our hotel by PUBLIC TRANSPORT!!!!
We took the train from the airport to the city, left the station and spent about 45 minutes looking for our hotel, which turned out to be right next door to the station. I have a photo:
Brilliant photo of the tiger and is worth framing.
ReplyDeleteZoo looks good, glad you enjoyed the cat on the plane, congratulations on your public transport experiences. Keep up the blog. we are following you closely!!! Love Pam and Vernon xxx
ReplyDeleteNo wonder I've been looking over my shoulder constantly...
DeleteLooks like a brilliant zoo. Think we will take Keira to the Sydney Zoo. I Have not been to a zoo in years. Have you seen the aurora borealis yet?
ReplyDeleteI did say the Oslo hotel wasn't far from the station and I even gave you a map !!
ReplyDeleteso glad you having a good time, looking forward to some description of the Iceland trip so far.