Ladee's Travels

The rain continued as we drove from the Zeppelinfeld to the old part of the city and the Christmas Market.  Here are some random shots along the way.

[From the Bus Window] The ride continues through farmland and our first small town.  Yes, this one is crazy diagonal.  I started to crop it but I realized that what I was trying to capture was the sign in the lower left corner.  Universal symbols for the road warrior.  These solar powered signs were located all along the road.  I don't know if this is a personal collection of things, or things for sale.  The sign says "Second Hand".  Pullover, bus driver. Yard sales!!  This looks like another type of gas station.  Mining operations?  Looks like we may have a road expansion soon.  Or maybe we are riding on the road expansion.  We later learned that these stacks of wood were intended to show where the road was when the snow buries it. Yikes! It was such a warm day that I can't imagine the entire area blanketed in white fluffy snow. It was about this time that Pat Murphey...

[Through the Bus Window] We had an early morning wake-up call.  The bags were put out the night before and were now loaded on to our assigned bus.  My luggage had a blue ribbon, and I was forever assigned to "Blue Two" bus.  Because I was traveling under the "Arizona State University Alumni" flag, I was grouped with the other two from ASU on the bus.  We were traveling the the UCLA group (a LARGE group) and other university graduates.  I boarded the bus and headed to the back with high hopes of getting a seat by the window.  As luck would have it, I found one with a wide window and claimed it.  I wedged my backpack between my legs and the seat, got my camera out and gazed out of the window with hopes of catching scenes as the bus zipped south from Prague to our next destination: Passau, Germany.  We would tour Passau and board our boat, Amadeus Silver II.  But more on that later.  We are now going to view the Czech countryside. This m...