I am back
You cannot imagine how many things I was thinking about on the plane from Brno to London. One, of course, is trying to remember what the hell I was working on for my thesis proposal :) Another thing, is worrying about my expected move from students' halls to a new flat and the whole experience of getting used to a new place all over again. And, as I was looking from the window and watching the clouds, I was thinking how lucky it is not to have fear of flying because then you would miss a lot of fun.
On my last night in Brno, our usual group went out for a bite in one cafe. This time we had a traditional Czech dish that is basically 'soup in bread'. I forgot the name, but it is a big round piece of bread that is filled with potatoe soup. It was delicious. Most of the people left that day, but only the smart ones, ME :), stayed for an extra night to have the chance to see more on Wednesday morning and, most importantly, to do some shopping. So I arranged with Jan, the Czech guy who was our guide, and another Dutch guy to go on a trip to the biggest and most famous lake in Brno. So first we took the tram, then walked along the river for about 15 minutes, then took a boat trip for half an hour in the beautiful setting of the green hills. We got off only to walk for another 15 minutes up a hill to reach the "Hrad VeverÃ" (Veveri Castle). This castle was allegedly built sometime in the 11th century. But it was not so great to see it because it was severly damaged during WWII and a lot of reconstruction work was going on. So we basically paid 50 crowns to see workers restoring a castle and contributed to the restoration budget. The view, however, was amazing and I thought how great it would be to live in this castle and have this view from my bedroom window every morning. We had a short rest at a cafe there where we had the traditional Czech soft drink "Kofola". It looks exactly like coke, but has a strange taste that I couldn't relate to anything else. Then we took a bus and a tram back to the city centre, where we said bye and I went to spend the last Czech money I had before getting back to the hotel and taking a taxi to the airport.
All in all, I had a great week. And of course the hard part now is getting back to the mood of work. But I think the even harder part is getting used to student's food again after the delicious and big portions of food I had in Brno :)
Anyway, now I am back. The weird thing is that it felt both strange and relaxing to say that I am going home to London. What a change!
Mai
On my last night in Brno, our usual group went out for a bite in one cafe. This time we had a traditional Czech dish that is basically 'soup in bread'. I forgot the name, but it is a big round piece of bread that is filled with potatoe soup. It was delicious. Most of the people left that day, but only the smart ones, ME :), stayed for an extra night to have the chance to see more on Wednesday morning and, most importantly, to do some shopping. So I arranged with Jan, the Czech guy who was our guide, and another Dutch guy to go on a trip to the biggest and most famous lake in Brno. So first we took the tram, then walked along the river for about 15 minutes, then took a boat trip for half an hour in the beautiful setting of the green hills. We got off only to walk for another 15 minutes up a hill to reach the "Hrad VeverÃ" (Veveri Castle). This castle was allegedly built sometime in the 11th century. But it was not so great to see it because it was severly damaged during WWII and a lot of reconstruction work was going on. So we basically paid 50 crowns to see workers restoring a castle and contributed to the restoration budget. The view, however, was amazing and I thought how great it would be to live in this castle and have this view from my bedroom window every morning. We had a short rest at a cafe there where we had the traditional Czech soft drink "Kofola". It looks exactly like coke, but has a strange taste that I couldn't relate to anything else. Then we took a bus and a tram back to the city centre, where we said bye and I went to spend the last Czech money I had before getting back to the hotel and taking a taxi to the airport.
All in all, I had a great week. And of course the hard part now is getting back to the mood of work. But I think the even harder part is getting used to student's food again after the delicious and big portions of food I had in Brno :)
Anyway, now I am back. The weird thing is that it felt both strange and relaxing to say that I am going home to London. What a change!
Mai
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