Mum is here!

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Mum has arrived in Europe!  We drove to Frankfurt on Tuesday night and picked her up first thing Wednesday morning, before trotting back to our hotel for a european buffet breakfast - yum!  German bacon is the best!  I made the most of it by loading up my plate a couple of times as usual.  Then it was back on the road for the 4-5 hour journey back to Prague.  It was Mum's first time on the German Autobahn - i.e., 160-200km/hr! 

We arrived back in Prague to a cold drizzly day - about 12 degrees.  Mum didn't listen to me when I said the weather is changeable and only brought 1 sweatshirt!  Luckily it has now warmed up again...
That afternoon we went for a walk in the local park - Divoka Sarka.  Don't worry Dad I am not killing her - we are limiting ourselves to 2-3 hours walking max. 

We have had a good week so far.  We have been into Prague a couple of times, and seen most of the sights - including the compulsory visit to the Hard Rock Cafe.  On Saturday we headed out to the nearby castles (Karlstejn and Krivoklat).  At Karlstejn Castle (picture above) Mum held the Owl!!  Jase took a few photos on Mum's camera, but I certainly wasn't getting too close to that huge bird (how can we be related?!). I am actually secretly quite proud that I was brave enough to get as close as I did (see photo taken by me above - we won't mention the zoom on the camera!!).   After Karlstejn we drove through the countryside to Krivoklat Castle.  Here Mum had a crack at hunting with a weapon (can't remember what it is called - sling shot arrow thing!!)... she managed to hit the pig a couple of times - Dad you would have been impressed!

Saturday night we headed out to the movies.  Jase was keen to see 'The Dictator'.  All I can say about it is.... not recommended!  None of us enjoyed it. 

We have now covered most of the park on foot.  Last Friday Mum and I caught the bus and tram to a place called Podbaba, where we started our walk of the length of Divoka Sarka.  We headed straight up the hill to the Monument called 'Baba' (see picture above), where there are great views out over part of the city and the Prague Castle (see picture).  Then we walked back home via the walking tracks in the park (see pictures), which took us about 2hrs 30.  Of course we had the customary stop at McCafe to finish with a hot chocolate and Americano!

This coming weekend (Fri-Sun) we are away to Liberec (just over an hour north-east of here near the Polish border).  Tomorrow I am considering a visit to the hairdressers... could be interesting with the language difficulties! - oh well, hair grows back!

Hope all is well back home
J