Prague

My life has changed fairly dramatically over the last couple of months.

A new job involves longer hours and lots of travel.

At one point I had over-lapping jet-lag, from both westerly and easterly directions. I had assumed these would cancel each other out but, alas, they simply multiplied.

Incidentally, these words bear no relationship to the images. Just in case you were trying to work it out.

No, the images are from a trip to Prague. My first, as it happens.

Throughout my time there Prague was grey and foggy, no glorious sunshine, alas.

But that didn't dampen my spirits. What a great city.

Unlike many eastern European places where the Communist regimes simply had no setting for Modern architecture other than "bombastic", Prague also has some rather interesting Modern buildings.

Being the geek you all know and love, I spent a happy few hours wandering around the museum of science and technology, where I developed a fascination with the "faces" of old cars...

...although obviously I did not neglect the older charms:

There's something extraordinarily contemporary about the best of the 1920s and 30s designs:

And Prague is fortunate to have a dense network of trams (as well as a tiny Underground system) which make getting about a doddle -- and a rather stylish one, too, in these yummy 1950s models:

Not everything is architecturally rosy. The glorious old railway station lies semi-derelict atop a rather hideous 1970s/80s overly flashy and anonymous Hell-hole. How could anyone have abandoned this:

And, to finish, here's a detail from the main window arch to one side of that dome:

I love those flying railway wheels. There is something almost Heavenly about them. And the same can be said of lovely Prague.