It’s been raining since early morning. That’s the price we pay for having had nice weather all month long. We think about how to deal with today’s farewell BBQ. But in the end, it all turned out better than we could’ve hoped. I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as we did. And that’s that: […]

First thing in the morning, Věra got an earful from a woman at the information center who’s seen our photographs in an article about UNES-CO in today’s local newspaper. She talked on and on about how people are really angry that the project is too little, too late, and how the city slacked off on […]

Life has returned to normal. After the festivities, everything seems ordinary. Pepa is wondering if there is a place that could be any worse. Věra dreamt that all the places where there had been barricades during the festivities now had doormats where visitor had to clean their shoes before entering the city center. The first […]

In the morning, we open the door to our home, and what do we see? A market. Market stalls right under the windows. Not from UNES-CO, but stalls selling ceramics as part of the 50th Festivities of the Five-Petalled Rose. Right across the street they’re selling sweets – this is going to be a test […]

The wooden sticks you get as a beginning cake-baker are useless if you get to talking with the women in front of the house and the cake just keeps on baking and baking. The sparrows aren’t as cute as they once were. They soil everything they touch… Every day, we encounter locals and outsiders curious […]

Both yesterday and today, the streets were filled with tourists since the early morning hours. One problem is the “Alchemists’ House” in our street. Insiders have told us that it is going to be a hotel or restaurant. A local teacher nearly has a fit whenever she sees the stuffed deer in the window of […]

10am – we unpack our goods. There are still good people. They have brought us a parasol and bread. Thank you. The directors have assigned a camera to us to shoot us from up close, so visitors aren’t throwing themselves at us. At the most, they lend us their kids. All I have to do […]

First thing in the morning a local resident who brought Věra some anti-stress coloring books suggested that local residents could get discounts for expositions in town. The town would get a grant to cover the difference. That would get people to come downtown. One thorn in the eye for locals is the Wágner senior home, […]

Peťa and Evan have brought some cherries from their garden. The “Totally Normal Family” has come to invite us to a birthday party on Latrán. Věra is fixing to bake a cake, the kids are mixing, while the other mothers are pouring out the tub after the outdoor bath. It’s Sunday – laundry day. Around […]

The burning issue for people who stop by is vehicle entry into the pedestrian zone. One passer-by suggests a parking lot for citizens of Český Krumlov with two hours free parking. All you’d need is an ID with a chip – the technology is there. We again open discussion on the subject of charging fees […]