Anyone into stained glass? If so, here's a couple pix for you!

joeybee12

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Fri May-06-05 05:54 PM
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Anyone into stained glass? If so, here's a couple pix for you!

The first is the Mucha Window at St. Vitus in Prague. The second is in the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam--fuzzy, but you get the idea.

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blondeatlast

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Fri May-06-05 06:18 PM
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1. Wow... just beautiful.

My hubby will be doing work off and on in Prague soon, I'm hoping to get a chance for my son and I to go as well sometime this summer.

Stunning. Breathtaking. And with that, I've exhausted the words...

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joeybee12

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Fri May-06-05 06:35 PM
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2. Go, Go, GO! It's an incredible city....

...you won't be disappointed! :hi:

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blondeatlast

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Fri May-06-05 06:52 PM
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3. Oddly, I've never been that keen on seeing Europe--I'm a beach lover.

But I've wanted to see Prague ever since seeing that INXS video that was filmed there.

Hubby just started with DHL and we have airline reciprocal priveleges--I am there ASAP!

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joeybee12

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Fri May-06-05 07:18 PM
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4. Can I ask what he does there? I'm considering moving to Prague, and

have been corresponding with someone who just moved there and works at DHL. Looks likte they're building a large, central office in Prague, and are hiring a lot! Maybe we'll meet there someday.

But I do know about being a beach person--I am as well.

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blondeatlast

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Fri May-06-05 07:31 PM
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5. System architect--just started May 2.

Are you in IT?

He'll be doing a lot of hiring eventually.

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joeybee12

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Fri May-06-05 08:10 PM
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6. I was, I guess still sort of--business analyst in IT for AT&T Wireless.

...now Cingular...now me and everyone I know are no longer there!!!!!

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fluffernutter

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Fri May-06-05 08:22 PM
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7. i love stained glass.

i wish i could do it - great pix.

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joeybee12

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Fri May-06-05 08:24 PM
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9. Thanks--I really like these two (wish the second was clearer) because

they're not your ordinary stained glass.

There's a church in Zurich with glass done by Marc Chagall--it's incredible!

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MrScorpio

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Fri May-06-05 08:23 PM
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8. I know what's near the Oude Kerk

You naughty person, you

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joeybee12

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Fri May-06-05 08:25 PM
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10. On my last night there I decided to see the church at night and...Jebus

Cripes! About five feet from the church--red neon lights everywhere! It really was surreal!

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MrScorpio

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Fri May-06-05 08:41 PM
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11. You gotta love the Dutch

Saints and sinners coexist quite peacefully

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joeybee12

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Fri May-06-05 08:49 PM
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12. True, and even when they were intolerant, they were tolerant...they outlaw

Catholicism in the 1700's, but then decided not to enforce the law!

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MrScorpio

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Fri May-06-05 08:55 PM
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13. Sometime I wish that I had stayed in Europe

I'd be staying in Holland

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joeybee12

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Fri May-06-05 08:57 PM
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14. I'm seriously considering moving...looking into dual citizenship...

...sending out my resume....it'd be nice to live in a place where the Dark Ages are BEHIND them.

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MrScorpio

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Fri May-06-05 09:07 PM
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15. I miss the shoarmas

The falafels, the pickled herring and the cheese.

We used to drive 100 miles to shop in Holland at east once a month

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joeybee12

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Fri May-06-05 09:16 PM
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16. Where were you--Germany? You can't go 100 miles in any

direction in Holland!

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MrScorpio

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Fri May-06-05 09:20 PM
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17. I was living in Bitburg Germany

Edited on Fri May-06-05 09:20 PM by MrScorpio

100 south of Maastricht

Sometimes we use to go visit my wife's family, who lives just outside of Amsterdam.

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joeybee12

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Fri May-06-05 09:22 PM
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18. Never been there--made it to Cologne on this last trip...

..that cathedral is a monster!

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MrScorpio

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Fri May-06-05 09:23 PM
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19. Yes it is

Right next to the train station.

I didn't go there much.

You should have checked out Brussels and Lux City.

Nice towns

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joeybee12

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Fri May-06-05 09:30 PM
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20. I actually did get to Brussels!

First time there, and I really liked it. Very easy to get around, and it just oozes charm!

As for the cathedral, I was walking through the train station looking at the street exit signs, and BAM! it looks like the Cathedral is about to topple over onto you!

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MrScorpio

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Fri May-06-05 09:33 PM
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21. I stared at that sucker for 10 minutes straight

Impressive!

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joeybee12

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Fri May-06-05 09:39 PM
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22. Great pix..did you climb up it?

Quite the climb--as I was descending, I passed 4 failry large, elderly people beginning the climb--I should have told them not to bother. I'm in decent shape and it was still tough. I hope they didn't die on the ay up!

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MrScorpio

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Fri May-06-05 09:41 PM
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23. No, I had to pass through

I needed to catch a train.

My Benz broke down and I had to go home.

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joeybee12

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Fri May-06-05 09:45 PM
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24. Well, the views aren't great--no area where you can look out that

isn't blocked by bars, etc. I'll post my view pix tomorrow--now I gotta call it a night. Dobrou Noc!

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Sat May-07-05 08:30 AM
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25. Vanity kick!

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