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I arrived in Prague in early April when the city was still wrapped in its winter chill. I was thrilled to discover I could board a plane in Atlanta at 7:30 p.m. and wake up in Prague the next morning at 11:00. The direct flight gave me an opportunity to get a good night’s sleep without having to change planes while bleary-eyed in some Western European capital. Opting for a car service pickup at the airport allowed me to avoid the notoriously feisty Prague taxi cab drivers.
I joined up with my sister-in-law Ryna who was also there visiting her son who was studying abroad and we headed off to one of the four neighborhoods in Central Prague the Castle District which lies at the summit of the city and is the home of Prague Castle. Just getting there was half the fun.
We crossed the Vltava River at the Charles Bridge the busiest spot in Prague for more than 600 years. The 1 673-foot bridge is lined with statues of Christian saints. The thoroughfare itself is crammed with artists selling hand-made wooden barrettes photographs of the city hand-painted earrings and marionettes. Caricaturists claiming to do a likeness in 10 minutes ply their craft 20 feet from a competitor promising the same results in only five. Musicians play classical music with an open box at their feet to catch falling coins. And always there is the colorful sound of blended languages floating across the bridge Chinese Russian English Spanish. At night when the vendors pack up they put their wares into handcarts to push home. No vehicles are allowed on the ancient bridge.
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I arrived in Prague in early April when the city was still wrapped in its winter chill. I was thrilled to discover I could board a plane in Atlanta at 7:30 p.m. and wake up in Prague the next morning at 11:00. The direct flight gave me an opportunity to get a good nights sleep without having to change planes while bleary-eyed in some Western European capital. Opting for a car service pickup at the airport allowed me to avoid the notoriously feisty Prague taxi cab drivers.
I joined up with my sister-in-law Ryna who was also there visiting her son who was studying abroad and we headed off to one of the four neighborhoods in Central Prague the Castle District which lies at the summit of the city and is the home of Prague Castle. Just getting there was half the fun.
We crossed the Vltava River at the Charles Bridge the busiest spot in Prague for more than 600 years. The 1 673-foot bridge is lined with statues of Christian saints. The thoroughfare itself is crammed with artists selling hand-made wooden barrettes photographs of the city hand-painted earrings and marionettes. Caricaturists claiming to do a likeness in 10 minutes ply their craft 20 feet from a competitor promising the same results in only five. Musicians play classical music with an open box at their feet to catch falling coins. And always there is the colorful sound of blended languages floating across the bridge Chinese Russian English Spanish. At night when the vendors pack up they put their wares into handcarts to push home. No vehicles are allowed on the ancient bridge.
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I joined up with my sister-in-law Ryna who was also there visiting her studying abroad son and we headed off to one of the four neighborhoods in Central Prague the Castle District which lies at the summit of the city and is the home of the Prague Castle. Just getting there was half the fun.
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“When I was a child Wrightsville Beach was wonderful. We wouldnt drive there; wed take the streetcar and hit the island at Station 1. The main cars would go to the right to where Lumina was. The track went down the southern part of the beach ” says R. Bertram Williams Jr. the second Williams to come into the world on July 4. “Before the inlet was walled in the water came up a lot further. When I was a child I remember boards being placed on the sound side of the island to keep the water back.”
Bertram Jr. was raised in Wilmington attended New Hanover High School and served in the medical corps of the 2nd Marine Division in the Pacific theater. Like his son and grandson he received his B.A. from UNC Chapel Hill. He went on to attend medical school at Vanderbilt University where Bert was born.
“That day when the surgical staff was eating together Bert was the talk of the table ” his father says smiling. No one could believe there was another Fourth of July birthday in the family.
When Bert was six months old the family returned to its roots. “They put everything they owned including two children and all their worldly possessions into a little white Pontiac and drove back to Wilmington ” says Bert now an investment broker who has his own practice within Wachovia Securities.
Bertram Williams served as a leading thoracic surgeon in Wilmington for more than 30 years founding Wilmington Surgical Association. “My dad would never tell you this ” Bert says “but 25 percent of his practice he never got paid for. It was the barter system theyd bring him cake or beans. Thats just the way it was.”
The family took up residence in town but every summer they retreated to their cottage on the beach. “Back then you only lived at Wrightsville Beach in the summertime ” Bert says. “Almost no one lived at the beach all year. From June 1 through Labor Day wed move out to the cottage at 731 South Lumina and stay there. The day after Labor Day you could walk down the street at 9 p.m.
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