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Michael Jensen's avatar

And then you went home and had calamari, right?!?!

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Ann Lonstein's avatar

I loved Prague and the Charles Bridge on our trip years ago

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Melissa Joulwan's avatar

So so so beautiful, always.

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Elizabeth's avatar

What a lovely evening!🤗

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Stefanie Schulenberg's avatar

Lovely post, and the palindrome is extremely cool. Prague in May (2023) was magnificent, and I´m sure seeing the sun set on the day of the solstice must have been a particularly fascinating experience.

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Carrie Cahill Mulligan's avatar

Happy Solstice! ☀️

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Melissa's avatar

Wait WHAT! That was a real squid?? The sunset was beautiful, but that squid!!

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Melissa Joulwan's avatar

Heh. I wish! Every summer, a local graduate program in art puts sculptures all around Prague. Last year, there were sharks in our favorite park Vyšehrad, and in 2017, there was a giant squid in the Vltava River. The squid was my favorite, TBH, but it's always fun to see what they come up with each year.

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Pam Goen's avatar

LOVE this post (even though I read it a day late 😳😂)

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Elizaebeth's avatar

Near Portland, OR, the Mt. Hood Summer Solstice Party https://www.instagram.com/p/C9Ocv1oJNEd/is the closest we get to King Charles' amazing planning. We'll trek/ski up to Illumination Rock, and then it's all down hill from there (bada-bing!)

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Melissa Joulwan's avatar

That photo made my palms sweaty!

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Danielle's avatar

Wow! That is so cool! I believe that is true with the dates and numerology. I totally believe in that. How fun and cool for you to do that having just moved there. It makes me think of Joan Didion's book Blue Nights in which she talks about the blue light of Manhattan in the evening before solstice. There are other places in the city and different dates such as Manhattanhenge.

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Melissa Joulwan's avatar

I love numerology stuff like that! Give me all the allegorical paintings, alchemical beliefs, and numerological superstitions!

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Debbie Shell Hughes's avatar

Thank you for sharing your adventures!! Hugs!

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