Around The World w/Scott 2011: These are the days of My Life

Another Awesome Day in our Big Beautiful World. I have to take a minute to acknowledge the state of the world which from my only real source of information as I travel has been Yahoo. Forgive me for not watching TV as for the most part it is all negative nay sayers and unfortunately there seems to be a horrible reality in the world that we believe what we hear/see on TV and hence it can become reality. That and the fact that I only speak English and some of my recent past stays rarely had an English language channel that I had access to. Trust me the world is not all doom and gloom. All the people that I have met and they have been all Nationalities with most or quite a few were also visiting foreign countries (travelers) seem to think that the world is an incredible, mind blowing, fascinating, positive, gracious, inviting, friendly, fantabulous place to live. I've met no one that is negative, unhappy, worried about much of anything as they go through their daily lives and I admit some are ignorant of the worlds status but they also are all very happy to be living their lives on the road, as teachers, as students on gap year or vacationers who earned it, on business. I challenge you ALL to turn off the TV and focus on what is most important in the whole wide world, You, Your family of choice and do what you can to be happy! Of all the places I have visited so far there is a common thread that I may have touched on previously; the only thing that any of them want is Happiness. Everyone that I know has a million blessings that are taken for granted. Take a blessing or two and share it with a stranger who needs it. Be sensible, don't give money as most people don't know what to do with it ...especially those big organizations that claim to be on your side (marketing), doing great things (marketing), make it sound too good to be true (marketing, it is), get involved in Your life and then you will find the calling that will bring you true Happiness and there is no better gift than the one that you do for yourself.

Let me share a bit of my happiness: Prague, Czech Republic

There are statuary everywhere and in the evening they are all lit up to make them look even more fascinating against the beautiful evening sky. not enhanced, this is the romanticism of this country.

Prague Castle with St. Vitus Cathedral smack dab in the middle; all reflected on the Vitovo River. Prague Castle is the largest in the world with the President in residence while I was here. The palace is not open as tourist site as the President actually lives in this gigantic facility. How Grand!

The cobble stone streets all lead from one amazing architectural beauty to the next and at night all are cast in a other worldly glow.

The astronomical clock tower that dates back to the 15th century. The clock was never meant to tell time instead to mark the phases of the moon, the seasons, the Christian seasons, Night and Day to name only a few of it's amazing design abilities. There is a real clock at the top for ease to tell the hour of the day....the only clock that doesn't tell time. there are also along each side of the two faces are four symbols that represent evil, death, vanity, consumption, and greed that do a little dance along with the 12 apostles that faces appear in the 2 squares right at the top under the awning. Quite a 30 second show on the hour. The best is the trumpeter that sound the hourly time to thunderous applause.

Many spellings and pronunciations but all are Loved!

The only remaining concert hall that continues regular concerts by the City's favorite musician...Amedeus Mozart. I have tickets to a concert there on Saturday night!

What a interesting way to see this great city; in a antique tour car.

Franz Kafka statue. Huge literary legend that was not fully published or appreciated until after his death.

Rudolfinum is a neo-Renaissance concert hall. I will attempt to snag tickets to a concert while i am in Prague as it is not open to the public other than thru concert ticket sales. $40US for balcony, $50US for mid hall and $90US for the good seats down front.

One of many statues that line the Charles bridge (Karluv most) which was built in the 14-15th century. it was commissioned by Charles IV and laid out by Peter Parler, one of the original architects of the St. Vitus Cathedral. The stark religious imagery was the work of the conquering Hapsburgs. Most are reproductions but each tells a story of the history of the Great City of prague.

Horse drawn carriage; another Fun way to spend an hour touring around the city.

The status of the bronze crucifix is the oldest on the bridge and stands on a spot once occupied by a wooden crucifix. legend has it the Hebrew inscription that reads "Holy, Holy, Holy God" was forcibly paid for by an unknown Jew who had mocked the crucifix. History lessons around every corner.