Smetana the composer

Changed the photo situation again. After playing with Flickr for several days, I decided to switch. It's more flexible and informative.

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Yesterday, in preparation for tonight's trip to the opera at the National Theatre (to see The Bartered Bride, sounds good already, huh?), I went to the Bedrich Smetana Museum right on the Vlatava River. The Vlatava was the subject of one of the (many) symphonic poems he wrote after he became deaf--from syphilis, a bit of information they left out at the Museum.