Heydrich Assassination

The most senior Nazi official assassinated during World War II was Reinhard Heydrich, killed in Prague by Czechoslovak resistance operatives under orders from the government in exile in London. Heydrich was particularly nasty, even for a Nazi, and he had been in charge of the Nazi-occupied Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. His assassination led to […]

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City Life

The contrast between my normal life in Asheville and the Eastern Europe life I’ve also enjoyed over much of the past year is quite large. But I really appreciate both lives, each with its own associated tradeoffs. It’s fun to transition between the two, frankly, and I hope to continue to be able to do […]

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Czech-up

We’ve arrived in Prague! Wow, folks are traveling again — quite a contrast from a year ago here. The vast majority of the passengers on our flight from Munich to Prague seemed to be Americans – we’re back! We flew Lufthansa from Charlotte to Munich, which is a double-edged sword. There is another direct flight […]

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Start Here

Thanks for joining us over here at Major Meander! (no salutes necessary) If you’re arriving from our previous blog Mezera Rok that we updated during our gap year, I note that this new blog is operated by me (Scott) alone, and it is intended to provide you with updates from the road as I travel […]

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