Tuesday, April 04, 2006


FUN IN BRNO

Today (Tuesday) we slept in until about 9:00. I went to the hotel posilovna (gym) for about 30 minutes, and at about 11:30 we met our friend Katarina and her friend Tereza. They took us into the downtown of Brno, and showed us all the shops and the sites of the city. After this they took us to Katarina’s favorite pizza restaurant (called “Al Capone’s Pizza”), where they served each of us a “personal-sized” pizza, but it was really big. I like Czech pizza, as the crust is very thin, and the toppings are not as thickly-applied as in the USA.
Then we went in their new state-of-the-art shopping mall, called Vanckova. It was very impressive. We were able to find a nice Czech-English book for our children, to help them learn Czech words. We also looked in the shops at practical items that we would need. They had a shop much like Best Buy, which had both electronics and appliances. Appliances are more expensive here, but not too much more. For the typical Czech person they are very expensive, as the average wage here is about 25% of the average US wage. Krista and our friends wanted to take a break and people-watch, so we had coffee and ice cream at a dessert/coffee bar type restaurant out in the middle of the mall. Once again, we left stuffed by the giant desserts we were served. Needless to say, we will not be eating dinner tonight.
Later in the afternoon, our friends came back with us to our hotel room where we gave them some gifts (clothing and candy) we had brought from California. We stayed and talked for a while, and now it is 8:00 at night so we will go to the “internet room” and post this blog.

1 comment:

K said...

Dan and Krista,
I've been praying for you guys ever since meeting you at ETC in October...It's great to read your blog and learn about your adventures in CZ. You're definitely inspiring me as I move closer to leaving for the Doulos in September! Enjoy the rest of your trip and the final preparations for moving with your family!