Czech Republic today!
Today we went to the border city of Cheb, in the Czech Republic. I think it took us about two hours driving to get there and two back of course. Brandon did not go with us but that is because he went to Prague, in the Czech Republic with a friend and his family. They went on Friday until Sunday though.
So, first we stopped at the Asia markets, which was a very big culture shock and an interesting experience. As soon as we got out of the car they were motioning for us to come look at their stuff. It was a lot of shirts, coats and stuff like that. It was my first experience with purchasing things and really bargaining for the right prices. At first I thought it was kinda fun, going back and forth on prices for different items. But after just a short time there, I felt the need to get the heck out of there. We soon learned that you can't just look or walk through without people coming at you trying to get you to buy their stuff. They spoke just a little English but we could communicate pretty well. They would put their calculator up to you so you would type in a price (in Euro) that you are willing to pay for an item. Then of course they would look at you like you were crazy and they would put in a number on the calculator. And you return the look. It was kind of fun.
http://www.answers.com/topic/cheb <----Info about Cheb.
So then we walked around the city and wandered into a museum. We paid 100 Czech Kronen for the three of us to get in, which is about 4 dollars. It was very enjoyable and we even found that one of the museum workers spoke English. She was (and other patrons there, I noticed) were very curious about us and seemed to be looking at us a lot. But in a very friendly way. The museum worker asked us if we were from England and she said that she doesn't get very many English speaking people there so she enjoyed practicing her English on us.
The museum was very nice and had various things in it from the city dating all the way back to the 1200's. Also, an interesting thing too... we were able to walk through a room where the famous Wallenstien was murdered. He was murdered Feb. 25th, 1634 (which the anniversary was just yesterday!). He was a General of the Holy Roman Empire during the 30 Years War. And he was murdered in his bedroom.
http://www.saburchill.com/history/biblio/018.html <---some info about Wallenstein. Also there is a painting of him on this page. We saw the painting and a bunch of his stuff at the museum.
So, first we stopped at the Asia markets, which was a very big culture shock and an interesting experience. As soon as we got out of the car they were motioning for us to come look at their stuff. It was a lot of shirts, coats and stuff like that. It was my first experience with purchasing things and really bargaining for the right prices. At first I thought it was kinda fun, going back and forth on prices for different items. But after just a short time there, I felt the need to get the heck out of there. We soon learned that you can't just look or walk through without people coming at you trying to get you to buy their stuff. They spoke just a little English but we could communicate pretty well. They would put their calculator up to you so you would type in a price (in Euro) that you are willing to pay for an item. Then of course they would look at you like you were crazy and they would put in a number on the calculator. And you return the look. It was kind of fun.
http://www.answers.com/topic/cheb <----Info about Cheb.
So then we walked around the city and wandered into a museum. We paid 100 Czech Kronen for the three of us to get in, which is about 4 dollars. It was very enjoyable and we even found that one of the museum workers spoke English. She was (and other patrons there, I noticed) were very curious about us and seemed to be looking at us a lot. But in a very friendly way. The museum worker asked us if we were from England and she said that she doesn't get very many English speaking people there so she enjoyed practicing her English on us.
The museum was very nice and had various things in it from the city dating all the way back to the 1200's. Also, an interesting thing too... we were able to walk through a room where the famous Wallenstien was murdered. He was murdered Feb. 25th, 1634 (which the anniversary was just yesterday!). He was a General of the Holy Roman Empire during the 30 Years War. And he was murdered in his bedroom.
http://www.saburchill.com/history/biblio/018.html <---some info about Wallenstein. Also there is a painting of him on this page. We saw the painting and a bunch of his stuff at the museum.
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