Swinging Into Fall, Oct 1 -11

Fall is slowly making its arrival here in Prague. We've had a few rainy days now and the leaves are starting to turn color in earnest. The temperatures have turned cooler in just the past two days. The last two weeks have held several highlights for us. The first was the arrival of Grandma Peggy from Rochester. She will be staying with us for several weeks. We are looking forward to showing her the sights.


Rod spent the first weekend of October in Nachod, a small town in the northeastern part of the Czech Republic taking part in a workshop for high school and college physics teachers from Central Europe. In addition to learning some new class demos he learned some new Czech folk songs since the workshop attendees played and sang together into the night.



Max's school had an International Food and Craft Fair. Max's class represented Macedonia since he has a classmate from that country. The kids sold Macedonian meatballs at the fair. It was fun to sample the many different foods there. People have also been asking us how Halloween is celebrated in Prague. The answer seems to be that it isn't, much. At school, Max's class will be studying Halloween since most of the kids know very little about it.

We are going native with our menu choices. Here is a picture of sausage, saurkraut, mashed potatoes, bread, and Pilsner beer that we made as an introduction to Czech cuisine for Grandma.


Finally, Rod, Charyssa, and Max have undergone that true test of their Czech skills -getting a haircut done by a Czech speaking stylist. The results - nice haircuts for all three! Our Czech tutor will be proud.