Here are some recent images from Vienna and Prague illustrating a 
small portion of their outpouring of sympathy.  We first learned of 
the tragedy after we had strayed from our tour group and driven to 
visit Pat's cousins in a village near Vienna.  After spending the night 
with her cousins, we returned to Vienna Wednesday afternoon (12 
Sept. - Vienna is 7 hours ahead of Huntsville). 

We first noticed black flags hanging from the windows of many of 
the government office buildings in Vienna that evening, including 
Vienna's ornate city hall.  Although I was able to film some of these, 
I was unable to capture any still images with my Mavica due to 
darkness.

We then walked pass the American Embassy where a small tent had 
been erected and a guest book had been provided to give visitors the 
opportunity to express their feelings.  Here, many candles and 
flowers had been placed.  Reading the words of sympathy left by 
people from all over the world brought tears to the eyes.  I was only 
able to capture one image of flowers being left at the Embassy 
barricade the next morning before understandably being ordered  by 
security to put away my camera.  The Embassy is located on a very 
narrow street, and the barricades are just a few feet from the 
Embassy's front door.

On Thursday afternoon, we arrived at our hotel on Prague's 
Wenceslas Square.  The "Square" is actually a sloping boulevard with 
the National Museum sitting prominently at the top of the slope.  The 
area has been a Czech gathering place for major events of modern 
history.  A large statue of S't Wenceslas on horseback rests just 
below the museum in the center of the boulevard.  And, a small 
memorial stone for the "Victims of Communism" is just below the 
statue."  Jan Palach burned himself to death there in 1969 to protest 
the Soviet occupation.  Over the next 3 days, I captured a few "In  
Memory of Victims of Terrorism" images at the Statue.  There is 
also one image from the small square at one end of the S't Charles 
pedestrian bridge.

Thankful To be Safely Home,
Terry & Pat