Prague (Praha) Czech Republic

Palace of Prague....It is the largest ancient castle in the world (570 m long, on average 128 m wide, area 7.28 hectares). Constructed in the 9th century by Prince Bořivoj, and is still the seat of all Czech rulers


The clock was built in 1410....info as follows....
The Astronomical Dial shows the medieval perception of the Universe: the Earth is the center. The blue part of the dial represents the sky above the horizon, the brown part the sky below it. There are Latin words ORTVS (east) and OCCASVS (west) written above the horizon, and AVRORA (dawn) and CPEPVSCVLVM (twilight) below. There is a Zodiac ring, which represents the stars in the sky and it moves according to it. The two clock hands bear the signs of the Sun and the Moon. There are three circles on the dial, showing different time: the outer circle with Schwabacher numerals shows the Old Czech Time (“Italian Time”), the circle with Roman numbers shows the Central European Time and the inner circle with Arabic numerals shows the “Babylonian Time”: the length of an hour differs there according to the season – it is longer in the summer, shorter in the winter. The Prague Astronomical Clock is the only one in the world able to measure it. Furthermore, the little star by the zodiac ring shows the sidereal time.

Flat Stanely at Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Heidelberg Castle, and Heidelberg Bridge

Hunter with Stanley at the Christmas Bazaar at Rhine Ordnance Barracks.....Zucker means sweets (candy)

Me with the Heidelberg Castle in the background....one of the most popular in all of Europe

Heidelberg Bridge and old city (Cathedrals) and a barge
Entrance (city gate) to the old city
with the night lights on

Heidelberg was destroyed during the 30 years war with France...it is over 700 years old ( built in 1212) and added to around 1600...was also struck by a lightening bolt., in the late 1700's

The French burned it in 1689
alot of this was religious to do with the Holy Roman Empire and Martin Luther (the German one not MLK)

lots of history....:)

Flat Stanley at the Rhein River, Rheinstein Castle, and the Shongau Castle

More pics from the wkd...these are the Rhein River...with the Rheinstein Castle and the Shongau Castle...the RheinS was built
in 900 AD Not sure of the other one...will find out...they are about 30 minutes apart on the South Rhein

Flat Stanley traveling in Germany

More Stanley photos....

Xmas village in Ramstein Germany,... large Nutcracker

A Bavarian Restaurant...boys drinking out of steins ( just sprite was in them)

Enjoying the Bavarian "fresco" painting on the wall...

Climbing the Boulder at the Air Force Inn Hotel

He and we had a great time
we are going to Prague on friday (yay, that will be so much fun)

take care and enjoy your weekthe Graves'

Flat Stanley in Sea World

Quade Karper was nice enough to take me on his visit to Sea World's annual Howl-O-Scream. We had a blast. When we first got there we went straight to the Shamu Believe show. I met Amanda outside the gate. She was in charge of crowd control and doing an excellent job. Next I met a guy selling Shamu puppets. He wasn't so nice as he almost let one eat me. During the show I wanted to ride on Shamu like the trainers were, but Mr. Goss was afraid I wouldn't survive it and be able to see the rest of the park. Shamu sure did some cool stuff though.

After the Shamu show, we went to Jack-O-Lantern's house. He is the star of the Howl-O-Scream show after all. We waited at his house at the edge of Frightmare Forest for him to come out. When he came out, he tried to eat me too. Oh dear.

When we left Jack, we walked around to the penguins. Luckily they were behind glass, so no danger of being eaten here. After we left the penguins, we stopped for a drink and popcorn. It was really good.

Next up was Happy Harbor. I met some skeleton pirates, Shamu & Dolly and then went to Pirate University and met some real Pirates. They thought I was cool and should join up with them, I didn't want to leave all the fun I was having with Quade, so I passed on their offer.

When we left Happy Harbor, we checked out the flamingos and fed the ducks. They loved the little pellets we fed them. Next I ran into skeleton Forest Gump. I sat on his lap to wait for the bus, but it never seemed to come, so we moved on to a new attraction for Howl-O-Scream, Fanta Sea. We walked through an underwater maze. It was really cool. I saw juggling clown and even a mermaid.

From there we moved to the Clydesdale Hamlet. A Clydesdale named Jake thought I'd be a good mid afternoon snack, but luckily his handler kepts me from becoming horse snack. The Clydesdale's dog King was there to welcome me. He ran right over and gave us a good look and decided we were ok, so he went back to chewing on his stuffed Clydesdale. I heard that the Clydesdales are packing up and leaving Sea World at the end of November. It sure will be different without the big guys around.

Last on our visit was Dolphin Cove and Coral Reef. The dolphins were splashing around and really liked the food we fed them. At Coral Reef I saw some jelly fish and piranhas up close. I saw sting rays and sharks and then some colorful frogs called Dart Frogs.

Finally it was time to say good-bye to Sea World and Jack, until next year.

Flat Stanley in Germany

Just received Flat Stanley yesterday (14th) He is well....Took him to Bible study this morning and took his photo with the ladies here in Mannheim Germany....He enjoyed that.... We have many adventures planned...


My family is enjoying this adventure with him as well as your class.... We are all originally from Texas.

My name is Lonna, Husband in Russ (we have 3 boys ages 20, 14, and 9 and have been a military family for over 20 years.....

Photos of Stanley's arrival to our Mannheim Mail Room, then we took him along the Rhein River....Mainz GE is the city in the backgroud...

Along the way we found another "Flat Stanley" and thought we would take the photo of him too with our boys.

Shiann took Flat Stanley to Sea World - San Antonio

Shiann took Flat Stanley to Sea World. He had a great time! He saw Shamu, fed the dolphins, and posed for many pictures. Come to the 2nd grade hallway to see the great pictures!