Sunday, October 30, 2005
Amy, Ben, Zach, and I back in Prague. Notice the castle behind us.
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Hello,
The week is half-way done at this point. I just finished up my classes on Wednesday. Wednesdays are nice because I am done by 12:30 in the afternoon, and so have the rest of the day to do stuff. But I wanted to give a little commentary to the pictures that I just recently posted. They are from a weekend trip (two weekends ago) some of us made to western Bohemia, specifically to the towns of Cheb and Sokolov where we have fellow teachers to visit. Ben and I caught a Friday afternoon train from Pribram to Cheb where we met up with those teachers and some others that came over from Prague. The next day, Saturday, we visited Loket, a nearby town with a beautiful old castle. From there we went by train to another nearby town called Karlovy Vary. This town is known for it's hot springs and spas and the like. Throughout town there are springs of water, extremely hot and extremely salty, that are supposedly good for the body if drank. Also in Karlovy is the Hotel Pupp. This is just a large expensive and extravagent hotel, but the significance is that Elvis Presley once stayed in this hotel. Sunday morning we went back to Pribram and arrived just in time for church that afternoon. Ok. That's all for now.
The week is half-way done at this point. I just finished up my classes on Wednesday. Wednesdays are nice because I am done by 12:30 in the afternoon, and so have the rest of the day to do stuff. But I wanted to give a little commentary to the pictures that I just recently posted. They are from a weekend trip (two weekends ago) some of us made to western Bohemia, specifically to the towns of Cheb and Sokolov where we have fellow teachers to visit. Ben and I caught a Friday afternoon train from Pribram to Cheb where we met up with those teachers and some others that came over from Prague. The next day, Saturday, we visited Loket, a nearby town with a beautiful old castle. From there we went by train to another nearby town called Karlovy Vary. This town is known for it's hot springs and spas and the like. Throughout town there are springs of water, extremely hot and extremely salty, that are supposedly good for the body if drank. Also in Karlovy is the Hotel Pupp. This is just a large expensive and extravagent hotel, but the significance is that Elvis Presley once stayed in this hotel. Sunday morning we went back to Pribram and arrived just in time for church that afternoon. Ok. That's all for now.
Me (left), Mike (middle) and Amy (right) in Karlovy Vary eating large wafers
Jump Picture in Loket town square
The dragon in the castle
Loket Castle
Monday, October 03, 2005
An Update
Hi!
It's been a little while since I've stopped to let you all know what I have been up to. Well, for starters, we have just entered into another week of school here at the Gymnazium pod Svatou Horou. But I was out of commission all of this weekend due to an illness that left me with a sore throat. I have recovered, but not yet to 100%, and am keeping cough drops readily on hand.
Last week was shortened due to a national holiday last Wednesday. It was Vaclav's nameday. Either way we got the day off. So we went to a get-together of ESI teachers on Tuesday evening up in Prague, and stayed the night up there.
And to continue going back in time, the weekend before this last a group of us teachers made a hectic trip over to Munich to see what the Oktoberfest hype was all about. Ben and I left from Pribram Fri. afternoon on a train to Cheb (westernmost CZ) where we met the others, missed the train to Germany, caught a train back to Plzen (through which we had come earlier that day) to get a bus for Munich that left a bit after midnight. Got to Munich around 5am, slept a couple hours in a train station, went to Oktoberfest around 9am, walked around the city, left Munich around 4:30pm on a train straight to Prague that actually turned out to be three different trains and a bus, finally arriving in Prague around 11pm Saturday evening. Phew. Ben and I continued the fun the next day by missing the bus from Prague to Pribram, delaying our actual homecoming further. All in all, though, a successful trip. And got some good pics out of it, don't you think? (Actually the pictures were taken by Ben and Joel whom I stole these from)
Ok, must get back to planning lessons and the like.
It's been a little while since I've stopped to let you all know what I have been up to. Well, for starters, we have just entered into another week of school here at the Gymnazium pod Svatou Horou. But I was out of commission all of this weekend due to an illness that left me with a sore throat. I have recovered, but not yet to 100%, and am keeping cough drops readily on hand.
Last week was shortened due to a national holiday last Wednesday. It was Vaclav's nameday. Either way we got the day off. So we went to a get-together of ESI teachers on Tuesday evening up in Prague, and stayed the night up there.
And to continue going back in time, the weekend before this last a group of us teachers made a hectic trip over to Munich to see what the Oktoberfest hype was all about. Ben and I left from Pribram Fri. afternoon on a train to Cheb (westernmost CZ) where we met the others, missed the train to Germany, caught a train back to Plzen (through which we had come earlier that day) to get a bus for Munich that left a bit after midnight. Got to Munich around 5am, slept a couple hours in a train station, went to Oktoberfest around 9am, walked around the city, left Munich around 4:30pm on a train straight to Prague that actually turned out to be three different trains and a bus, finally arriving in Prague around 11pm Saturday evening. Phew. Ben and I continued the fun the next day by missing the bus from Prague to Pribram, delaying our actual homecoming further. All in all, though, a successful trip. And got some good pics out of it, don't you think? (Actually the pictures were taken by Ben and Joel whom I stole these from)
Ok, must get back to planning lessons and the like.
The outside of our apartment building. I think the two second story windows on the left are ours.
Laura, Me, Zach, Chrissy, Joel, (Ben is taking the picture) on the train coming back from Munich
