Make new friends, and keep the old

Around 10 o'clock yesterday morning, which would have been 4:00 AM back home, I emerged from a hypnogogic stupor. The voice from across the courtyard clearly wasn't that of a local.  Dr. Amelia Brown, retired Associate Dean and a member of Cherokee Church had arrived. Amelia has a way of spurring others to action.

After a few hours' rest, she was ready to go exploring, and the three of us-- Michelle, me and Joe-- came along. It was a beautiful day. We reviewed the intricacies of public transit and tramped past castles, churches and statues. We walked past the Charles Bridge over the Vltava River. In the palace gardens, Amelia befriended a peregrine falcon, who like our former pastor, was named Michelle.