Bears and beers and Bara

When Karl was in the Czech Republic in 1991-92, he lived in Plzeň with a young couple, Zbyndá and Marketa, and their children, Bara and Voita. At the end of August we spent a delightful day with them. We went on a hike to the ruins of Radyné Castle.

Garrett guards the Hunger Chamber at Radyné.

Along the way we geocached, finding the three caches we set out for (much better luck than we had this summer in NH, where we were 0 for 4).

Ben crawled in and found the "Bear's Den" cache. Here, Ben, Garrett, and Bara check out the loot.

Back at their house, Marketa and Bara showed us their egg-decorating technique. Marketa has already started building up her stash for next Easter, as she sells them locally.

The boys and I tried our hands at egg art.

Marketa's gorgeous eggs (bet you can't find one of ours hiding in the bunch).

Finally, we had a feast of grilled food, veggies and many drinks (homemade black currant wine and -- of course -- Pilsner) outside in the shelter they built in the backyard. No hunger chamber here.


The boys had a fantastic day (we did, too!), but they especially loved hanging out with Bara who did magic tricks, played hide and seek, and in general was more fun than anyone's parents. Especially Ben and Garrett's.