A New Life in Brno

I've been in Brno for about 2.5 months now. The adjustment has been hard, but with Ben here everything is getting a lot easier everyday. We have such a great time together and together we're adjusting to the new culture. We make dinner or lunch almost everyday, and let me tell you we're becoming quite the little chefs. We even made schnitzel last week and tonight we made enough Chinese food to feed 1% of China (that's a lot of people!). This weekend we are having some friends over for an American Thanksgiving in the Czech Republic. We are in charge of cooking the turkey, and it's sure to be an adventure!
We've also been experience many versions of Czech travel. Last weekend we went to a small town in the Czech Republic, Zdar nad Sazavou. It was basically on a whim that we ended up there, so we created our own adventure. We walked around the town for a couple of hours viewing the "famous" church, a soviet looking ice hockey and football (soccer) stadium (two separate venues), and a pretty cool monastery that was situated on top of a hill that provided wonderful views of the whole town. It was definitely somewhere that was only fun because I was there with Ben. We'll look back on it in 20 years and still remember that stupid little adventure I'm sure. That trip was my first experience riding on a train for actual travel purposes. And today we bought bus passes for Brno; another first for me. But enough of my blabbing... time for pictures!

Walking around Spilberk Castle on a beautiful, warm fall day before Ben arrived.

View of St. Peter and Paul Cathedral from the Castle.

Walking around our apartment complex.

Cooking an Americanized Czech dinner: mashed potatoes, broccoli, and schnitzel!

It was quite a feast! Mom and Dad and Steve and Cindy, we can cook this for you when we get home!!

On our train to Zdar nad Sazavou. Ben is definitely the photographer of the pair.

A small church in Zdar nad Sazavou

The Soviet-style "playground"

The football stadium, hidden nicely behind a used car lot.

Description of the Pilgrim Church of St. John of Nepomuk

A view of the cemetery around/inside of the Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk 

Dining area in the kitchen of our apartment.

The very nice kitchen in our apartment; it even has a dishwasher!

We have a HUGE living room (by Czech Standards). Our apartment is really perfect for the two of us. We couldn't have asked for anything better!

View off the balcony of our apartment.

Thanks for visiting! More updates soon! Happy Thanksgiving everyone and, of course, GO BUCKEYES!! FUCK *ich*g*n!