Avalon House Prague

... to the hotel with a plan to get Gabe one of the huge hot dogs we’d seen vendors selling.

And that’s when the crazy part of our day started. As we were making this plan in the main plaza a cheer went up and a bunch of guys in one of the outside café’s started singing a song, a version of Ole. We looked over to where they were gazing and saw a huge crowd of big guys milling around, maybe 30 or 40. They were big ...

... breweries in the trunk!" We looked around for some sign that we weren't allowed to park there, but to no avail ... mainly b/c everything was written in Czech. So, we headed inside to discuss our little problem w/ the front desk at the hostel. We explained to the guy where we had parked and that our car was now missing. He explained that ...

... to be a transport camp to take the people to another concentration camp such as Auschwitz, but the other camps were late in being built so many people were victims to tortures at Terezin. They had museum where they had a documentary and lots of artwork, letters and artifacts from victims that stayed at Terezin. Terezin was also a camp where the Red Cross came to visit. The SS wanted to show the Red Cross that ...

... cells. At one end of the hall there were these brick enclosures, barely bigger than the size of an adult human. Prisoners were put in here for weeks at a time having to stand, as there was no room to sit down. One such cell held Fr. Maximillian Kolbe- recently proclaimed a saint. The worse was yet to come- the gas chambers and crematorium and this was the most difficult thing ...

... 10 CZK Olive oil for your bread? 15 CZK Salt and pepper is not on the table and I'm afraid to ask for it fearing that will cost me a dollar. And forget about water - it's a dollar just to get a glass of water from the tap! I am thrilled to advise that a public pee comes at a bargain rate of 5CZK ($0.27), although this does come at a price. One of three toilet paper options present themselves upon entering a public facility: 1 ...

Greetings from Deutschland!

Well, it has been a couple of weeks, and I figured some of you would probably be interested in hearing what I'm up to. (At least I know my parents are!) Last week was pretty ordinary, planning classes, teaching classes, overseeing lab experiments, and trying to have a little fun in between.

Friday was a very busy day! After school I stayed to play football with some other teachers and students, it was a good time ...

... 30am. So we all got up and were going to do some sight seeing. I had an idea we weren't going to see much that day, seeing that half the group hit the hostel bar for the by 2 get 1 free tequila special. We did try to see some things though. We really did. Prague has some beautiful cathedrals, lots of museums, the walk along the river is pretty amazing. There is a night boat tour of the city that you can take. We tried to do that ...

... The concert started over an hour late but was well worth the wait even if a girl near us did faint. We even got put up on the big screen :-) Getting home was also an experience. Tim got stopped but a ticket inspector but we didn't know that's what he was so we kept walking which resulted in Tim getting pinned up against the wall. Oops. Then when Tim got his ticket out his pocket all this confetti from the concert when flying down the metro station. How embarrassing.

... Euro, as rail pass is not covering trains in Czech Republic. The couple sitting with me are from New Jersey and she is 8 weeks pregnant. They have traveled all over Europe in 3 week vacations over past years. If I had fell asleep and woke up on this train near Brno, Czech Republic it looks somewhat like the mountains of North Carolina. Mountains, running stream with water flowing over rocks, even a fly fisherman in the water. The only thing different are the churches and houses ...

... across the river to the old town was a beautiful scene. The weather was turning warmer as I arrived so there was a buzz of people out on the day I crossed the bridge to see the Castle and St. Vitrus Cathedral, but I imagine Prague is really humming in the late Spring and Summer. The castle was not that tremendous, or at least the parts I toured. In size it is very impressive (much like St. Louis) but in reality it was a let down (much like St. Louis ...