Monday, 12 October 2026

STL DPB ON THE ROAD - WRETCHED EXCESS

 



I'm not up enough on my art history to define the difference between baroque and rococo but this stuff is pushing the limits of one or the other. It's a style of design that leaves me feeling queasy. This is inside of St. Vitus Cathedral on the sprawling grounds of Prague Castle. The building itself is austere gothic. Not so much the inside.            


Sunday, 11 October 2026

STL DPB ON THE ROAD - LIVE PROM PRAGUE, IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT

  

Or is was last night. We went to this cool restaurant just down the street from our hotel called Katr. Apparently nothing to do with the Gulf petrostate. Very dapper head chef. Printed English menu available, fortunately. The strange look of the room is because each table had a place for a grill where you could do your own meat to taste. This is no longer a thing but the look is eye catching.    

Vienna on Monday.       

 


Saturday, 10 October 2026

STL DPB ON THE ROAD - AND GET YOUR WIG STYLED, TOO

 

Wandering around Prague in something between drizzle to light rain, a fairly miserable day. We came across this in part of the building where Woofie lived during his time in this city.                  

Friday, 9 October 2026

STL DPB ON THE ROAD - SOME GUY WHO WROTE WEIRD BOOKS

 

Out walking around Prague yesterday in the old Jewish Quarter when we happened upon  this arresting statue of Franz Kafka. I am at a loss to interpret it  (you could probably  look it up) but we are wearing ourselves out. Philip Glass wrote an opera on Kafka's book The Trial that we had in STL a few years ago.

First opera of the trip Friday night, Shostakovitch"s Lady Macbeth of Mtensk. OMG, the plot is lurid but I love the music.               


Thursday, 8 October 2026

STL DPB ON THE ROAD - HOCKEY NIGHT IN CZECHIA

 

I don't know when these posts are going up in various time zoned but I wanted to get something published. We got to Prague Thursday afternoon in the usual state of jet lag. Walked around  the corner for dinner on a wet evening. The local cuisine is hearty. Ice hockey is a big deal here and Czech teams do well in international competition.       

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