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I have been traveling since Saturday and I am only half sure of what day it is at the moment. First I went to Los Angeles and spent some time doing mutual culture shock with my very kind cousins. They took me all over as I got various doodads for Emma and Frank and visited Glen Fitch and Elizabeth Strong in Venice. My Uncle Jerry had a ninetieth birthday party. You'd think, almost, that he lies about his age, but if you knew him all along you'd see how the years do sit on him. But he's vigorous and sharp and makes me wish I had any genes from him.
Eleven-thirty Tuesday night I caught a flight to JFK, arriving after one of the most uncomfortable nights I can remember at a bit before eight in the morning. I had to collect and recheck my suitcase so I took advantage of that and moved some things from my carryons but it was still a lot to haul around New York. But the Air train - J train combination to get to the Tenement Museum was simple and fun. I took pictures but you won't see any till August.
The Tenement Museum was great. I went on the installation tour called "shop life" which I thought was going to be about sweatshops but was about ground floor commerce from saloon in the mid 1800s to an underwear shop in the mid 1900s with a kosher butcher in between.
Using the tablet is not conducive to long posts so I will go into detail later.
My flight out of JFK was two hours delayed mostly due to rain but we had a tail wind most of the way and we only arrived an hour late. I was greeted by Frank and Hana and now I should try to sleep because it is late night here even though it is mid-afternoon by my real clock, which is Pacific time.
Eleven-thirty Tuesday night I caught a flight to JFK, arriving after one of the most uncomfortable nights I can remember at a bit before eight in the morning. I had to collect and recheck my suitcase so I took advantage of that and moved some things from my carryons but it was still a lot to haul around New York. But the Air train - J train combination to get to the Tenement Museum was simple and fun. I took pictures but you won't see any till August.
The Tenement Museum was great. I went on the installation tour called "shop life" which I thought was going to be about sweatshops but was about ground floor commerce from saloon in the mid 1800s to an underwear shop in the mid 1900s with a kosher butcher in between.
Using the tablet is not conducive to long posts so I will go into detail later.
My flight out of JFK was two hours delayed mostly due to rain but we had a tail wind most of the way and we only arrived an hour late. I was greeted by Frank and Hana and now I should try to sleep because it is late night here even though it is mid-afternoon by my real clock, which is Pacific time.
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Medieval rock/metal with bagpipes - what's not to like? It appears that the group - Gral - has given at least one concert in Prague and may be local. And while it's a very, very long shot, should you come across them (I can't find them on the Internet) Kari would love a CD, and so would I, so any information would be much appreciated.
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Another poster has identified them, so I'm leaving this mostly for your amusement - they have a brief site and a couple of tracks to download at http://www.historicus.cz/gral/gral.html