Brown Motion

Praha aka Prague, the capital of Czech Republic was a brief stop in our summer vacation this year.  It was a tumultuous year to say the least with some family emergencies and such but we made the most of it during our stay in the wonderful Bohemian environs. Situated on the banks of the Vltava River it is a scenic and historic center of Europe.  It sits squarely in the cross road of western and eastern part of the continent.  It was our gateway for some more travels east.  National Pilsner brand welcomes international travelers at the Vaclav Havel Airport on the outskirts of the city. Underground Metro easily gets people from A to B.  Sometimes the time spent traveling underground on fast moving escalators to the deep seated platforms and back is the same as the actual train travel time. A local pastry in the form of a tube called Trdelnik.  IMHO a scam designed for tourists to shell out a few bucks, it is somewhat tasteless and ...

I was in Austin again.  Capital of Texas.  Still humid and somewhat hot.  I got to stroll down the main drag in the early morning from where I was put up to an industry conference I was attending down the road.  Main drag being Congress Avenue. What began in the mid 1800's turned into a brick lined road in early 20th century to its modern Avenue status with tree lined sidewalks on both sides of the six lane road.  It runs south of the Capitol building right over the Colorado River (not the mighty but a local version) which is dammed to form the lake on towards I-35. I got to walk it going downhill starting from my hotel close to the Capitol to where the avenue crosses the Lady Bird Lake in the form of Congress bridge.  Here are some of the interesting sites - from historic and kitchy to modern and definitively Gen Z. One thing you notice is this city takes its main artery seriously and has done much over the years...