From a personal perspective, probably the best aspect of Karl's sabbatical -- aside from a year in
Prague, for goodness' sake -- is the huge amount of unstructured family time we enjoy. Just this weekend we went geocaching in the nearby village of Hostivice and out to dinner at a neighborhood pub on Friday, rode a train to a farm near Beroun on Saturday to pick pumpkins, and then sat down to our usual Sunday morning pancake-fest (Karl's best batch on the metric system) before all the boys in the family did some more geocaching, this time in Hvězda, a new park for us.
Hostivice pond in the late afternoon
Garrett in front of the star-shaped summer palace Hvězda.
Unfortunately I spent Sunday afternoon inside IKEA shopping for towels and a duvet and cover. (We are hosting our first guests this week!) But I got to participate in the pumpkin carving before dinner.
We miss our friends and family. But we relish our freedom from meetings and committees. Karl and I even manage to sneak time out in the city by ourselves sometimes. Good news -- we still enjoy each other's company!
I'm so happy that your family gets to have the experience of living abroad! I'm sure the boys will have wonderful memories as they grow and look back at this journey :)
ReplyDeleteDo the Czechs do Halloween?
ReplyDeleteThere are lots of Halloween-y decorations in store windows, but -- as far as we can discern -- they don't dress in costumes and go trick or treating. And most families don't carve pumpkins, either. The Beroun farm recognized a revenue source in the expat community and annually hosts the pumpkin picking day.
ReplyDeleteLook at your beautiful selves! I love that you've given us another way to follow along on your sabbatical year. More photos, more photos!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat is your geocaching name? I'd love to follow you on the site. What a beautiful place to be. I'm so glad you are having a good time!
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