Genesis

Dobry den from the Czech Republic!

A week after my arrival and already a blog. It appears that I must have lots of time on my hands since I no longer have a job. Still there is much to adapt to in our new social environment and this keeps us busy. However, I've set this blog up so that we might let you know of our latest and most craziest adventures. With Heidi, Mari and I, we should be posting at least once a day... so stay tuned in...

Ahoj

Mark

p.s. Heidi suggests I relate yesterday's adventure. So it all began when a fellow parent offered the use of their car for the day. BMW to boot, not too shabby. So we took the car to Brno, the second largest city in the CR, and went, among other places,to an IKEA so that we might purchase many things for our barren apartment. ( I can't stress how nice it was to not have to take a bus and try to carry everything. The use of the car was extremely generous) After we left Brno a friend of Heidi's invited us to stop at a festival in the small village of Slup. yep, that's the name. The festival seemed to be celebrating... actually I don't know what it was celebrating, but there were many locals wearing traditional garb and singing songs. I'll see if I can post some pic. Perhaps the highlight was the food and beer. My keen eye spotted a tent where they were serving grilled sausages with brown mustard. So I walked up and pointed in my best czech manner, indicating I wanted two. The "vendor" then let me know that I had walked into the festival volunteer area and that this food was reserved for others. Perhaps it was our ignorant American charm or simple presumption, but that day won us free food... and some laughs. Either way the grilled sausage were worth it.