Prague Journal

Sunday, October 17, 2004.

We again started the day with a big breakfast, after which we took a two-mile walk around Jetetice. Jitka was looking for mushrooms, a typical Czech pastime, and found only a few patches. Last year had been a drought, so mushrooms had been in short supply. This year looked more promising.
After the hike and another wonderful meal (this time with hot apple strudel for dessert), we – Rick and Ales and I – drove to Pisek, an attractive town of about 20,000, with a charming square and the oldest intact bridge in central Europe. To our delight, the historical museum (housed in what had been a castle) was open, so we spent over an hour looking at the various exhibits, ending with a small aquarium in the basement.
We left the museum around 5pm and continued toward Prague – with jars of Jitka’s superb compote, chutney and sauerkraut – and made very good time, thanks to mild traffic and Ales’s navigation. We were able to return the rental car, saving us a trip in the morning. The car-rental agency – really a room in a small apartment on the second floor of a nondescript building – is only a short tram-ride from our house, so we were home shortly after 7:00pm.
Sunday evening was spent catching up on e-mail and getting ready for various meetings on Monday. Despite all the rich food over the weekend, we had a light dinner before retiring for the evening.

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