Prague Journal

Monday, July 18, 2005

This morning we are off by train to Cerneva nad Vltavou (in Jetetice Samoty) for two days with Ales and Jitka. We arrived just in time for lunch—a splendid Hungarian ragout, with a nut cake for dessert. Jitka’s cooking is always a treat. Joining us at the cottage this time was Jitka’s older sister Pavla and her 17-year-old grandson Martin. Martin is quite an athlete, and was on a long bike ride when we arrived. He is in training now for the Czech police SWAT team.
After lunch Ales took us for a hike through the forest. We looked for mushrooms, but most of them had been picked off during the weekend. We did find some acceptable Babka mushrooms to take back to Jitka.
The main dinner course was chicken kabobs cooked on a grill in the yard. We brought the last of our marshmallow supply to roast after dinner, but barely had time for one marshmallow each before it started to rain.

posted by JWinn @ 9:39 PM