This is Page 2 of our trip to Germany, Austria, and Czechia, August - September, 2024.

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Graz, Austria


Pub in the middle of the river

The art museum at night

Clock tower overlooking the city

View from the clock tower

City park

The main street

Countryside on the way to Vienna

Vienna, Austria


City street

The main cathedral

A hidden courtyard. There are many of these in the city.

A public square

The art museum

Pond outside the art museum

Botanical gardens

Botanical gardens

The old royal palace, now a museum

Sigmund Freud's waiting room

Schonbrunn Palace

Gardens outside the palace

The billiard room inside the palace

The Great Hall

Danube River

Hraznova Lhota, Czechia

My ancestors came from this small village in southern Moravia. In particular, my great-great uncle, Josef Uprka, was a well-known artist from here.

Our hostel

The village. Uprka's home was just beyond these roofs.

The village

Countryside outside Hraznova Lhota

Poster in the Uprka Museum

A typical Uprka painting

Photo of my grandmother in the museum

Inside the Uprka museum. See my Uprka Museum page here.

Prague, Czechia


Old Town Prague

The Royal Palace

The cathedral

Gardens outside the palace

Gardens

Public square

Astronomical Clock

Astronomical Clock

Wenceslas Square

The library in the Klementinum

View of the Charles Bridge

On the Charles Bridge

Technology Museum

We saw a concert in this hall in the Klementinum

Berlin, Germany


Checkpoint Charlie

A simulation of the Berlin Wall

This piece of the wall is still standing as a memorial

Brandenburg Gate

Botanical Gardens

Botanical Gardens

Botanical Gardens

A street in downtown

The cathedral