Pig Knee

Plzen

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September 8th 2009
Today we went to Plzen, a smaller city in Prague about an hour and a half away. It is where Pilson beer comes from!! The professor who was guiding us actually works there at the Pilson brewery. When we got there, she got off the bus and put her name tag on and said "I am Eva and I will be your tour guide today." We were all just like whhhhaat? We learned a lot about Czech beer and basically that t ... read more

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Following the First World War, the closely related Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to form Czechoslovakia. During the interwar years, the new country's leaders were frequently preoccupied with meeting the demands of ot... ... read more