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 My mother's coffin I am so sorry but I haven't been able to write the last weeks. Since I returned from Prague I went to Sundsvall for the annual meeting with the Rheumatic association but since Mom hadn't been feeling well I first tried to call her ward at the home for elderly but no-one answered despite trying 3 times. I then thought since they hadn't called us and said anything that she was worse, in fact they had said she was better, I assumed it was allright so I decided to go.  Sundsvall, the view from the hotel   Me and the chairman (woman) of our board I flow up on Friday morning and we started our meeting after dinner. I woke up at 5AM and saw that I had a message on my phone. It was my sister H that texted me that Mom had died during the night. It was quite a chock although she had been ill in Alzheimers for several years. You are never ready for your loved ones to pass are you? The family gathered at the grave before the funeral Anyway I ...

Where did I left off? Oh yes, at Amade restaurant. Well what did we do more? We went, of course, to the Charles bridge from the 14th century. It's just beautiful, full with statues and majestic gates in each ends. On the bridge I got to think of all of those who has gone there before us. Think 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th century. What that bridge must have seen. Women in long dresses, maybe horsedriven coaches, maybe lovers. The fantasty really got going there.   Hasse with views on town and close to our hotel   Jazzband playing on the bridge  A newly wed couple by river Moldau and a lot of swans The organ-grinder There were a jazzband playing, an organ-grinder, dressed in clothes from old days, with a monkey (not real). A man playing glasses. Lots of painters and paintings for sale as well as crafts. Everywhere you went there were something to look at. And then I haven't even spoke about the views! Stunning views of the Prague castle. Did you kno...

Prague part 1. Yes, we had wonderful days in Prague with gorgeous weather except the last day when it rained heavily. When we arrived we were met at the airport by our driver who took us to our hotel in a Mercedes limo. On the way in to town you could see how beautiful the surroundings were. There are lots of parks just outside the city center. The hotel, Pachtuv Palace, the former residence of Earl Karel Pachta, is a cultural and architectural landmark of Prague. It's made of 2 different palaces, one baroque-style built around a superb 18th century courtyard, the other one classical, with apartments overlooking the river and Prague's castle.  Hasse and one of the cow sculptures :-)  Hasse in one of the courtyards. Amazing and beautiful  One part of the hotel. Imposing, don't you think?  Lion fountin in the other courtyard   One of all the sculptures in the courtyards  Hasse on the landing. We actually accessed our room fro...