http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/East/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Czech Republic , East en-us Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:38:24 BST Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:38:24 BST Mal eine kleine Zeichenerklrung vorweg damit ihr auch alle immer schn den Autor erkennt Normale Schrift stammt von Joschka fette Schrift kommt aus Stephans Fingern und kursiv schreibt DennisSo liebe Leute der Tag ist gekommenHeut morgen in aller frh habe ich das erste Mal seit langem im Auto die Heizung angemacht. Es gibt wohl kein besseres Zeichen als damit Deutschland den Rcken zu ke http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/East/Brno/blog-316124.html Our last stop on our two week long trip was in the Southeastern part of the Czech Republic at my relatives' house. We made one vital stop on our way through the Czech Republic at the Plzensky Prazdroj Pilsner Urquell brewery in the town of Plzen. While German and American breweries are often associated with Pilsner styles of beer it was the Czechs who originally developed it and in my opini http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/East/blog-309783.html A je to tady Dockala jsem se Jedu na vikend domu a do Brna na svatbu Mati a pana Jana. Uz cely tyden si prozpevuji Zejtra mam od Ready Kirken a nemuzu se dockat. Letadlo ma sekeru 50minut no co se divim BMI baby ... ale pak konecne PrahaPrahaJe az neuveritelne jak dojemny muze byt prulet mezi mraky a pak uz jen Rip Vltava Okor a Ruzyne ... A pak to slo raz na raz. Telefonaty Mott parek http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/East/Brno/blog-300744.html Groeten uit Olomouc in het oosten van Tsjechi Deel 2 van mijn reis door OostEuropa is begonnen Zondag ben ik vertrokken uit Nederland eind van de middag uit Groningen om in Arnhem op de nachttrein naar Praag te stappen. Yep tijdens de EKfinale reed ik dwars door Duitsland Ik begrijp dat ze van Spanje hebben verloren...Maandagochtend met een ruime vertraging aangekomen in Praag waar ik http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/East/Olomouc/blog-294056.html Soo no horses. We got up early today to reserve the room for an extra night. We then got some food from the supermarket and then went to the internet place to figure out where the bus station is. Rude czech woman just giggled at me for not speaking czech although it was goddamn obvious that i wanted half an hour since i was pointer to her sign that said 12 hour. anyways we miss the 1100 so we http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/East/Mikulov/blog-292439.html We realized that without the Colonel Brno is kind of boring. We saw everything in a matter of 4 hours and Castle Svelberg was pretty disappointing. Today we are gonna try to go horseback riding in the wine country. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/East/Brno/blog-292434.html funny quotes from last night in Plzenerik where are you getting all these bad jokesme Bad Jokes QuarterlyErik Is there really a magazineme no that was another bad joke.Thomas kid our age who works out our pension What do you call that animal that flies but no eyes...BATMAN...uuuh Bat...Haha great guy who hates the EU he calls it a Socialist Orgy. We talked about price differences http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/East/Brno/blog-292424.html Alweer een blogentry nu vanuit Telc met een omgekeerde accentcirconflexe boven de c maar die kan ik niet vinden... hoewel ik een Tsjechisch toetsenbord heb... ah Tel269 dus Zojuist heb ik een trein terug naar Nederland geboekt vertrek woensdagavond om 1850 uit Praag aankomst donderdagochtend om 922 in Arnhem. Dan nog 2 uurtjes om in Groningen te komen. Handig dat dat online kan de w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/East/blog-285041.html Rostov well woke up this am in a lovely camping ground and then went to see the Wallachian Folk Museum. This is a village made up of original and reconstructions of old country housesmdashitrsquos amazing what tiny spaces these large families lived in. The stoves are hugemdashcapturing every bit of heat it can produce. Several ovens and the chimneys run inside the rooms and tunnels take th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/East/blog-275682.html AhoyN har det gtt en stund siden sist jeg gav noe livstegn fra meg p grunn av hard festing stramt tidsskjema og drlig internettforbindelse. I skrivende stund sitter jeg i Brno Tsjekkia hvor jeg bor hos min slovakiske kamerat Pavol som beskte meg i Kristiansand tidligere i r.Siden sist jeg skrev noe har jeg vrt i Wien og en snartur innom Bratislava hovedstaden i Slovakia. N er je http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/East/Brno/blog-270016.html Question What do you get when you let 30 students have unlimited wine for 4 hoursAnswer One funny bus ride to the dormitory On Tuesday evening I had the pleasure of sampling some wonderful Moravian wine at a traditional Vino Sklep I hope that's right which is a wine cellar. ISC organized a wine outing so that we could get a taste of the Czech Republic as if we haven't drank our weight i http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/East/Brno/blog-269738.html On this particularly lovely day I was able to join a small group of people in visiting an UNESCO World Heritage Site Villa Tugendhat. The Villa was created by the famous architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in Brno for Fritz and Greta Tugendhat in the 1930s and is now a protected site. Fritz and Greta were not able to live in their beautiful highly modern villa for long they were a Jewish fami http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/East/Brno/blog-263624.html Two points first This should be quite random so prepare yourself. And I'm still recovering from my monthlong coldlike illness. Essentially I'm sick of being sick and no orange juice does not help. Okay those two things being said let me begin.Since I've been here I've been to three real places where I felt like I learned more indepth stuff about Czech life. The first was a shelter http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/East/Brno/blog-260003.html Happy Easter to Everyone In honor of Easter and friendship in general my friend Jennie and I decided to host an Easter Brunch for a few friends in my room. Six of us attended in all Jennie Ulrik Elwin Blaza Darren and Me and it was a really enjoyable way to relax with one another and appreciate our friendship in the Czech Republic. I had a fabulous time Jennie and I prepared a huge broc http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/East/Brno/blog-259275.html My week was busy in all of its little details but nothing really exciting occurred until Wednesday evening. I had dinner with a student Michaela who has studied and worked in the US a few times including at Columbia and is even in a few of my classes. She offers her time to meet and interact with international students to help them settle in. There are so many nice friendly people here The http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/East/Brno/blog-254915.html The sun came streaming in warm and bright through my window on Sunday morning. I was awakened by the gentle hum of my mobile that is to say the most obnoxious beeping known to humanity. My dear friend Blaza had texted me to join her on a walk later in the afternoon. I rolled around in bed a bit feeling joyous and full of energy because of the stunning day. I performed my usual morning routin http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/East/Brno/blog-250376.html As puttered around our room on Friday with no particular inspiration on how to spend my day Mati invited me to join her on a trip to Veve345 Castle. Thank goodness for Mati because adventuring is a bit more fun when someone has at least a general clue as to where you should be heading at this point anyway. We took the tram to a stop at a small residential area. I am not sure if it is tech http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/East/Brno/blog-250374.html Thursday was the first fully ldquoeducationalrdquo day I had here thus far the first class of the day concerns American Drama after rsquo45. The professor is a very young man who cannot stand still and likes conversational tangents. Edward Albee is on our syllabus however so I am content to watch him amble about the classroom as he wishes. Following that class is my Victorian Literature c http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/East/Brno/blog-250087.html I had my first class on Tuesday which was Czech Theatre. I decided rather impulsively to take it and I hope it will be enlightening. I have only a tiny knowledge of even American theatre so it will be interesting to see and experience Czech theatre. The professor seems to be very passionate about what she views as the ldquotrue naturerdquo of theatre which is conveying emotions and expres http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/East/Brno/blog-249764.html I was supposed to start classes on the 18th but I received an email from my professor saying that two of my classes were canceled because he was in Hungary. This left my Monday pretty free so I just goofed off. My roommate Mati invited me to go ice skating with her and some friends to which I of course said yes in a heartbeat Later in the evening around 6 or so we took a bus to a big s http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/East/Brno/blog-248317.html I would just like to take a moment and let everyone know how amazing my boyfriend Amichai is He sent me flowers on Saturday and they are absolutely BEAUTIFUL They smell delicious and make me smile every time that I look at them. Amichai has been so supportive of me while I have been here I know that it is hard for us both that I am not home but it means the world to me that I have him to t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/East/Brno/blog-248311.html Friday February 15th was an interesting day or rather an interesting night. I had to do some errands during the day but that night I asked around to see if people were going out. My friend Lies said that she was going to a pub for a friend's birthday party and I could come if I wanted to. Her friend had told her she could bring people if she so desired. I was apparently not the only one w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/East/Brno/blog-248304.html To continue with my story... Christian was only staying for one night so I decided to try to give them the same tour of Brno that I was given. I found most if not all of the interesting locations. It was lovely to see the sites again and actually take pictures Hint... Look at the pictures They give a pretty good idea of where we went and in what order. After our long day of walking we d http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/East/Brno/blog-246269.html Firstly there will be no puns on Czech Republic. As much as I love puns the Czechcheck ones are wayoverused.Hello again everyone I realize I've left many of you hanging thinking I stopped blogging in The Gambia because I was eaten by a croc which we did see but I didn't tell you about or something. Actually I just ran out of time to put everything down I wanted to. I assure you t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/East/Brno/blog-245964.html So I am feeling a bit common right now... I have seen dozens of Czech travel blogs all of which are very similar to my own. It is a bit frustrating to have the same experiences as many other people. Sigh I have been in contact with the Office of International Education at Agnes Scott and one of the directors tells me that many people are interested in coming to the Czech Republic. I chose th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/East/Brno/blog-244914.html On Thursday February 7th I was able to explore the city a bit until my intensive Czech language course at 200 pm. I was so proud of myself I got from Vina345sk which is my residence hall to my class which is located at one of the buildings at the Faculty of Arts all by myself. Because Masaryk is a university it has faculties or colleges. This requires exchanging trams and walking s http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/East/Brno/blog-244903.html Today Saturday I woke up early to go to the Macocha Caves and 268ern Hora pronounced Cherna Horra Brewery. I boarded a bus with numerous other international kids around 845 and we drove about 40 minutes to the caves. We started our journey by walking up a long winding road to to a small building at the base of a large rocky hill from which we began our caving adventure in earnest. My http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/East/Brno/blog-244564.html Hello EveryoneAfter getting an informative but slightly unnerving email I have decided to remove my contact information. If you would like to have my address or phone number please leave a message here or send me an email at shriswes12yahoo.com. Since anyone can see this information it is probably a good idea to give it out individually. Thanks. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/East/Brno/blog-244098.html I am going to backtrack a bit and relay the journey that was my arrival On Friday February 1st Amichai took me to the Atlanta airport. I flew from Atlanta to Frankfurt the flight was wonderful for an 8hour flight but I didn't sleep much like I had hoped to so I was pretty tired when I arrived in Frankfurt. To be honest I wasn't terribly impressed with the airport or its employees bu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/East/Brno/blog-243762.html On Tuesday I went on a small tour of some of the highlights of Brno the city in which I am located. We saw a lot of interesting things I didn't think to start taking pictures until about half way through though so the cooler parts are not here. I am going to try to find those sights again. There are however still some interesting sights. One is the Cathedral of Saint Peter and Paul. I took http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/East/Brno/blog-243646.html