>>>>>>Hi Alex.
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>>>>>>I won't make it to Prague for the conference next week, but I'll be visiting Igor there in August!
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>>>>>>How nice! HAve you been to Orague before or will this be your first time?
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>>>>>Nope. First time. We'll be visiting wOOdy to probably, and also Vienna and Budapest.
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>>>>I really like both Prague and Budapest. They are such similiar cities in layout that I often confuse them. Old city, with older city across river and castle on hill. I think Prague is my favorite city (overall) in Europe though since it has been restored more. Barcelona near the top too!
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>>>Evan;
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>>>You might be interested in the following. I known a family originally from Czechoslovakia, who own Frank’s Camera in Highland Park, California. For more than 20 years I have been a customer. Jana told me that Milan bought a hotel in Czechoslovakia, just before the bad flooding right in the path of the worst damage.
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>>>Here is a link with some pictures from their web page.
>>>http://www.frankscamera.com/index.htm
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>>>
>>>Tom
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>>Tom, what's the story with Romeo? Did they find him?
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>>Alan
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>Alan;
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>Yes he was found. He has a friend about the same size. When you walk into the store the two dogs are lying in the aisle and there is no way you can step over either one. Then they get up to lick you. Those two "pups" are a kick. They look like small horses and I am 6' 7".
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>Tom

I have a soft spot in my heart for St. Barnyards ;) when I was a kid - about 9 years old or so, my friends and I used to go across to the schoolyard when schoolyards were grass, and we played football against a St. Bernard belonging to a lady around the corner. It was us against the dog. he would get the ball (small rubber football) and we'd have to tackle him. He loved it and so did we. He knocked my friend Joey for a loop one day by putting his head down and just going straight through Joey.

One of the saddest days of my life was on learning a few years later that the dog had died. His name was Peanuts.

Alan