I severely need to update this blog. Sorry I’ve been so bad, but we’ve been running all over the Czech Republic, and since the Czechs seem to be utterly confused by Macs, I don’t have a charger. I’ll try to fit in as much as I can tonight before I lose power. I’ve barely written about our classes yet, and they are almost over already! We’ve been on some great excursions in Czechia. We went to a glass factory, where we got to try out some glass blowing. We also went to the Skoda auto plant and took a tour of the assembly line.
View of Cesky Krumlov from the Castle
One of my favorite excursions so far was to Cesky Krumlov, which was an old Medieval town that basically looked like Disney World. It had winding cobblestone streets and cute shops that sold toys and candy. It was also totally surrounded by a moat…with bears in it. We saw the restored Baroque Theatre in the huge castle complex. It still has all of the original machinery for scene changes and effects. We got to go below the stage to see how it all worked.
We just returned from a 3-day Excursion to Moravia. Although it was long, we had a lot of fun. We stayed in Telc and saw more castles than I’ve seen in my entire life. They are all in different condition, some are fantastic and set up for tourists, but we got to see one that had not been renovated and was left basically untouched since WWI. Our whole trip ended with a night in a wine cellar, where we all got to sample Moravia’s famous wines. We all had a fantastic time.
Update on my trip to Krakow will come shortly.
AnnyDoug
