Einstein lived here. Well, not actually on this spot but can you imagine him walking where Jean rides the wooden whale next to the Schwielowsee. In German, a See is a lake, although this whale plays alongside such a very narrow part that this part of the lake feels more like a canal. 

Caputh, near Potsdam, is about 20 minutes' drive from William and Rafi's house where we're staying.

Don't you just love the baleen?

Charles Bridge on the Vlatava River in Prague — so many tourists we could hardly find room to walk. From our waterfront cafe, this view reminded us of our last visit in 1995.
After two days of hard walking, we're off to Berlin!

This one speaks for itself - I guess you could say that Prague, one of our favorite old-world cities, has gone international.

From giraffes in unexpected medieval cities, Jean got us back on track in Prague. This city's meridian pointed us to the correct time almost as effectively as the St. Ludmilla Church close to our hotel that sounded bells on every quarter hour. After one night of counting bells instead of sheep and one day of walking on countless cobblestones, we slept right through those bells!

No folks, we haven't detoured to central Africa. Believe it or not, this giraffe called to us from the castle tower in Cesky Krumlov.

Bidding Bratislava Bye-Bye!!

You can see from the wake that this is a high-speed catamaran.
It makes the 60 km trip between  
Wien (Vienna) and Bratislava in 75 minutes.

Barb basks in spring sunshine at Bratislava castle. In the background is the arched Apollo Bridge, one of many that spans the Donau (that's "the Danube" for you dolts who don't do Deutsch).  Can you tell how much fun we're having with this blog?