I'm Back!

After a short hiatus while in Cesky Krumlov, a tiny town in Western Czech Republic right near the Austrian border, I have the internets again!  The town was so small and cute but definitely had no internet.  The only thing to do there is drink and buy cheesy souvenirs!  Oh well.  Anywho, while we were in Cesky Krumlov, we went river rafting or 'Rafty' as they call it and then we went on a hike in the Sudetenlands national park area.  This area was one that the Soviets chose to be the buffer zone between the Iron Curtain and the rest of the Soviet Bloc.  They destroyed whole villages so that no one who was trying to flee could find refuge there.  We walked to two such villages, or the areas where the towns used to be, and there were memorials in their places.  It is such a beautiful area, and since there hasn't been anyone living there for a long time, this area has thrived in plant life.  And so, it remains one of the largest and most beautiful national parks in all of Europe.  Anyway, we had a great time there.  The only problem was that we had to haul our luggage to our hotel and back on cobblestone streets.  OUCH!  Tomorrow we have a free day which I will be devoting to school work since I have my presentation on Thursday... great.  Until next time...