The Train Not Taken

With the Olympics going on we’re seeing all of the stunning views from Paris, a place I’ve never visited before but would dearly love to someday. I was thinking about how I sort of had a chance to do a hit-and-run, overnight visit once, when I was on my trip to Prague and Brussels with my Pepperdine EMBA class. As we were finishing in Prague and had two days before we were to meet up again in Brussels, a couple of people decided on the spur of the moment, with no hotel reservations or anything else in advance, to jump on a train to Paris for a day before rushing off to Brussels. I declined, and had a most wonderful full day to cruise around Prague. But at times like this, I do wonder what would have happened if I had been a little bit more spontaneous and less rigid about my schedule and plans. The road not taken…

Gargoyles and flying buttresses.

They don’t build them like this any more.

Maintenance is constant.

Walking down from the castle and the cathedral, the city and the river are laid out below.

I don’t regret spending that day in Prague, it’s truly one of the favorite places that I’ve ever been. But I do need to get to Paris for a few days also.

Maybe next week…