My oldest daughter was in Vienna, Austria for a semester of studies. I went to visit her in late February and then extended my trip to visit areas of Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Germany. I also made arrangements to study collections at natural history museums and visit colleagues. I visited six natural history museum including the one in Vienna, one in Brno and the Mendel Museum in Brno, one in Prague, one in Berlin, and one in Frankfurt.
The following is composed of my daily journal and photographs taken during the trip please excuse the tedious nature of the journal.
I got up at 6, took a shower and had two mugs of coffee. At I drove Mary to school and said goodbye to her. At about 8 am, Anne drove me to the airport. It's about 34 degrees F and completely cloudy. We're supposed to get some snow later today. At the airport, I learned that some of the flights to Atlanta are delayed due to snow in Atlanta, but my flight has not been delayed so far.
I have a long wait at the airport, so after passing security, I started my daily journal. I'm making this journey with my usual small red pack and camera bag. I'm not taking an overcoat, but I hope to stay warm with a shirt, sweater, sport jacket and jeans.
I'm also traveling with a painful outbreak of shingles on the left half of my scalp. This has been so painful that I haven't been sleeping well. I even had acupuncture treatment by Dr. Armstrong last Sunday in hopes that it would reduce the pain. I finished off my prescription of anti-virus medication this morning, but am taking the pain pills with me on this trip.
