Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Monica's novy
Ahoj a dobry den! This is such a beautiful country! Zeme ceska, domov muj! The architecture is phenomenal and majestic, the countryside is gorgeous, with more mountains than I knew. Some of the bus rides get me queezy. But hey...I haven't thrown up yet, nor did I on the plane! We loved Domazlice, Klenci, Plzen, Tabor, Karlovy Vary with it's hot springs, and now we are in Cesky Budjovice. We've visited many ancestral homes of people on our trip and made some good hits on relatives or finding homes. The closest WE came was in the village of Slavetice, where a 70 year old man knew some Vankats there who were farmers. The food is delicious but oh so many dumplings!! Carrie's concert with master dudak Antonin Konrady and his band was the best thing so far. Jenni also did a great job on the stomp fiddle. The video of that will be long remembered! Today Carrie met with Michael Cwach from USA, who is living here now, for tutoring on the dudy. We are having a fantastic and most memorable time. Na shledanou and Spanem Bohem! Monica
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Oh, my goodness! Thanks for writing, Mon! Awesome descriptions! I'm as jealous as I can be without actually being sinful! ;) I am so happy you're getting to do a little genealogical research, and the dudy part is absolutely phenomenal! As though working with Michael Cwach wasn't impressive enough! Now look at our little dudacka!!! :-O :-) !!!!! Many, many blessings to you all! You are in my thoughts and prayers very frequently! Much love, Jackie
you sound like youre having an amazing time! im extremely jealous...but i hope youre not being too wild, wait carrie? too wild? lol
Sounds like you are having a wonderful time! It has to be hard to take it all in.
I am glad you had the chance to play with Antonin. He is sooo much fun. I would say it may possibly be the highlight of your trip...it was for me.
Maybe we can get a bagpipe band together. Ted, you, Janet and myself. What fun we could have!!
Dobre den'
Dudacka zuzanna in Wilber
PS I've been passing your blog on to others
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