Sightseeing in Salzburg, Austria

This is day 12 of our European tour and it was as exciting as it was tiring. We stayed at the Arcotel Castellani, Salzburg . It was quite comfortable and the breakfast was OK.

The Mirabel garden soon after the lifting of  rain was most beautiful, perhaps at its best. The city is divided by the river, the old town and the new. As is always true the old city is where you go and see most of the things. The house where Mozart was born is always crowded. Tourists milling around most of the times. The cathedral is very nice.

The 17th Century Roman Catholic Cathedral is another place you must visit. It was here that Amadeus Mozart was baptized (very obvious, the house where he was born is not too far). The Cathedral is dedicated to St. Rupert and St. Vergilius.

The Hohensalzburg castle is another place you must visit. You need to go up in a cable car and it is pretty steep. There are restaurants in the intermediate stage. The view of the city below is nice and keep you busy taking pictures.

Viennese Coffee at Tomasellis was quite good. We sat out on the terrace, but you can also sit inside the restaurant which retains some old décor.

The shopping district is never too far with lots of restaurants. I did find an Indian Restaurant run by a Punjabi and food was quite good. It was not purely Indian, you could have Italian as well as Mexican.

Here are slides from that visit.

Visting Český Krumlov on the way to Salzburg from Prague - Day 11

Český Krumlov is on the World Heritage list 1992. It is very beautiful with the castle, the monastery, and the gardens. A place you must visit if you are anywhere near Prague or Salzburg. Its early owners were Germans later acquired by Czechs.

You must see to believe how beautiful it is and the next best thing is to see its pictures on the Internet.

This one is a slide show of pictures taken with iPhone 6S and Lumia 950.

Hands-on Learning Event in Honolulu 1 : Introduction to Structured Query Language

Course summary:

Databases - organized repositories of information have become indispensable. Knowledge of databases is a must for professionals and in fact even more relevant since the emergence of Big Data in today's world.

In this introductory course you will learn all about relational databases and the basics of Structured Query Language (SQL) including sorting; grouping result sets; using DDL, DML, DCL, and TCL. All SQL statements will initially be written for one table. Most practical, modern and relational databases will include a large number of tables and SQL queries have to access information from several tables. This course will then introduce you to querying more than one table. With this skill you will be able to query two or more tables in a database. This is a hands-on course which will take you from installing SQL Server 2016; learning the ins and outs of SQL Server Management Studio and of course a full dose of SQL. You will be both coding as well using Graphical User Interface during this training.

During each meeting the students will be assessed for their knowledge, competency and proficiency in SQL.

Databases, organized repositories of information, have become indispensable in today's world. In this introductory course you will learn about relational databases and the basics of Structured Query Language (SQL) including sorting; grouping result sets; using DDL, DML, DCL, and TCL. All SQL statements will initially be written for one table. Most practical, modern and relational databases will include a large number of tables and SQL queries have to access information from several tables. This course will introduce you to querying more than one table. With this skill you will be able to query two or more tables in a database.

This is a hands-on course which will take you from installing SQL Server 2012 to learning the ins and outs of SQL Server Management Studio and of course a full dose of SQL. The course covers most of the requirements to take Microsoft's certification (98-364), the Microsoft Technology Associate. During each meeting, you will be assessed for your knowledge, competency and proficiency in SQL.

Section 1 - Jul 6 - Aug 8; TTh; 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm; 10 mtgs (Register Online)

Microsoft SQL Azure Database: SQL Server in Microsoft Cloud
Windows PowerShell for SQL Server
SQL Server 2016

You may also contact the instructor: Dr. Jayaram Krishnaswamy at hodentek@live.com

Sauntering in Andel and Mustek - Must see places in Prague

There is a nice shopping center in Andel and many good eating places. Andel is well connected with many of the other places by Prague Metro which is clean and well run.

Mustek is part of Prague which has many churches, places of interest and other attractions. It has a lot of open air restaurants and side walk cafes. It is also a partying place. Foreign tourists crowd here to quench their thirst and hunger.

This is where we found the crystal and glassware vendor, Moser. Moser has two shops in Mustek.

Moser Glass Na Prikope 12, Old Town, Prague 1, Czech Republic

Tel: +420 224 211 293

Prague a beautiful city

Prague is a historic place with lots of church spires and Baroque architecture; a city cut in two by the Vltava river. Charles Bridge connects the two halves, the old town and the new. It is a truly beautiful city with ancient churches and history dating back to the Roman Empire. We had an optional tour to visit, a walking tour of Jewish Quarters. We missed it as we wanted to see more of the city.