In the morning, Aunt Gábi uses a bucket to clean out the mess left in the gutter by the previous night’s party, and all at once we have a fragrant Sunday street. Little Josef is weaving through the tourists on his bike, whistling all the while. Mission accomplished. He just learned to ride this morning. […]
We are making up for a sleepless night. Our neighbor celebrated his 30th birthday until early into the morning, and today he is doing it again. That was pretty naive of us when yesterday (or rather, today after midnight), we took our leave with the words, “Good night.” But all is forgiven – around noon, […]
We have now been in the beautiful south Bohemian town of Český Krumlov for 21 hours. Our time here can be summarized as follows: An experience need not be positive, but it should be strong. And we have plenty of strong experiences behind us. We’re going to have to wait for the positive ones.
“We don’t want you here,” the protestors told us after we’d spent an hour engaged in an unpleasant conflict with local residents right after arriving in Krumlov and trying to unpack our “travelling circus.” Two cars, four adults, six kids, and a pile of junk for several weeks of life. If you don’t have kids, […]
Milí čtenáři, podívali jste se někdy po našem historickém městě pořádně na zem? Spočítali jste si někdy počet odpadkových košů v ulicích? V jakékoliv postranní ulici – nedej bože na sídlišti nebo v okrajovějších částech města – někdy nenajdete odpadkový koš v celé ulici! To se pak nedivme, že lidi hází odpadky na zem!
Our path towards adventure was truly adventurous. We ran into two families asking for directions: one for the land registry office and another for the herb garden. My husband is helping out at a children’s day organized by the local Club for Children and Youth, in which little Josef is participating with his preschool. So […]