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What we will miss
Cathedrals
Basillicas
Reliquaries
Shrines of the Black Madonna and the Infant of Prague
Small churches with fantastic mosaics and frescoes
Castles
Shrines
Reliquaries
Franz Kafka
Crown jewels
Funiculars
Russian-inspired red and green garnet intricate jewelry settings
Matryoshka or Babushka dolls,
Russian-inspired nested dolls
Fabergé eggs created for the Russian Imperial family
Medieval architecture/art
Battle of the Nations.
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Baroque architecture/art
High-end museums with very famous paintings
Historical places
Dragon of Krakow
The Mermaid of Warsaw
Chestnut (Buckeye) trees in bloom
Tulips and sculptured gardens
Our fellow bus travelers
Good tea, especially Earl Grey
Creamy cappuccino
Dining al fresco
Furry pigs
Lipizzaner stallions
The sound of horse carriages on cobblestone
May poles (with trees on top) in every village
River cruises
Pedestrian bridges decorated with locks
Stautes and monuments
Neatly kept cemeteries with fresh flowers everywhere
Corner flower sellers
Lilacs
Swans, nesting storks and hooded (grey) crows
Bright yellow canola/rape seed fields
Perfect reconstructions of original medieval buildings
Wooden roofs
Strudel and sacher torte
Budvar/Czechvar, the original Budweiser
Bad American coffee
Chestnut trees in bloom
Crystal chandeliers
Pierogies
Moldovite
Ghosts in castles
Climbing bell towers and domes
Local folk dancers
Good classical music: Chopin, Dvořák, Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart, Strauss, Schubert, Mahler, Bruckner, Brahms, Wagner, Schumann, Handl, Bach, Mendelssohn, Bartók, Liszt
Famous artists: Durer, Grunewald, Klee, Klimt, Schiele, Gottlieb, Ernst, Arp, Muller, Hans Holbein,
Famous writers: Goethe, Hess, Kafka, Marx, Grimm, Freud, Mickiewicz, Conrad, Singer
The Dragon of Krakow
The Mermaid of Warsaw
The Marionettes of the Czech Republic
Baltic amber
Petra
What we Won't miss
Heavy meat-based food
Vegetables cooked to mush
No salad or fresh veggies
Young gals with selfie sticks, blocking views to all monuments, including primping at Auschwitz
Crowds, especially in Prague
Drivers running us down
Bikes running us down
Segways running us down
New-fangled showers that defy common sense and take a PhD to figure out
Stoical faces and grumpy attitudes
Demonstrations against governments
Constant currency changes: Zloties, Euros, Florints, Korunas
Paying to use the bathroom
Sloooow wait staff and service
Scam music vendors, dressed in period costume, outside every church and theater with an upcoming performance
Plug adapters and converters
No wifi in some hotels or just in the lobby
No cell phone service
Walking on cobblestone streets and walks
Professional pickpockets (gypsies)
ATM and exchange office scams
Graffiti
Dragon ladies at the "water closets"
Street walkers at the truck stops
Men in tight suits (especially of a Prussian blue color)
Women in super tight stretch jeans
Last-minute hotel changes
TV just in the Czech language
American pollution: The King, The Colonel, McCafe and Starbucks
Paying for water
Everyone dressed in black
The golden pe--s of Prague statue
Funnel cakes
Hearing about the
Holocaust any time soon
Anti-government protest
s in Krakow
Anti-government protests
in Warsaw
Battle of Nations
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