Monday, August 18, 2008
Letni Lounske Vabeni and more
Now that my second year in Prague has ended, I realised that I have lost sight of this blog. It's time to post updates again, so why not start now?
This weekend I went out of Prague on a trip with Kaca from AIESEC CZU. Her hometown Louny was having its annual festival "Letni Lounske Vabeni" (Louny summer temptation) and she invited me to join to see the concerts and stay with her family overnight.
I saw 2 Czech bands play. David Koller used to be the singer of the band Lucie, but is now performing on his own. His songs were very nice pop-rock music. Mig 21 is a totally different kind of band. Their performance is all about fun. They made a lot of jokes which I couldn't always understand completely and their songs were funny, with a big variety of different styles.
During the day we also met Bara from AIESEC CZU and a whole group from AIESEC Praha. We went for dinner all together in what must have been the restaurant with the slowest service I ever experienced in Czech Republic. Luckily, I received nice food in the end. In the evening, there was a big campfire at the festival, and we still went for a short walk around the city.
On Sunday, I had breakfast with Kaca's family, and then we went for sightseeing in the surroundings. I visited the local archeological open air museum of Brezno and the castle of Jimlin. We also went to Rana, a village with a small airport for sports planes and glider planes. Next to it is a high hill where people go paragliding. We walked up to the top and had a great view of the landscape. We finished the sightseeing tour with a visit to "pramen Luna", the natural spring of Louny and the local park where we had a raspberry lemonade.
Afterwards we returned to Kaca's house for a nice lunch and to meet some friends who were visiting with their little kids. In the late afternoon we returned to Prague.
I am very glad that Kaca and her family gave me the opportunity to get to know another side of Czech Republic which a tourist would never experience. Thanks a lot, it was a beautiful weekend.
This weekend I went out of Prague on a trip with Kaca from AIESEC CZU. Her hometown Louny was having its annual festival "Letni Lounske Vabeni" (Louny summer temptation) and she invited me to join to see the concerts and stay with her family overnight.
I saw 2 Czech bands play. David Koller used to be the singer of the band Lucie, but is now performing on his own. His songs were very nice pop-rock music. Mig 21 is a totally different kind of band. Their performance is all about fun. They made a lot of jokes which I couldn't always understand completely and their songs were funny, with a big variety of different styles.
During the day we also met Bara from AIESEC CZU and a whole group from AIESEC Praha. We went for dinner all together in what must have been the restaurant with the slowest service I ever experienced in Czech Republic. Luckily, I received nice food in the end. In the evening, there was a big campfire at the festival, and we still went for a short walk around the city.
On Sunday, I had breakfast with Kaca's family, and then we went for sightseeing in the surroundings. I visited the local archeological open air museum of Brezno and the castle of Jimlin. We also went to Rana, a village with a small airport for sports planes and glider planes. Next to it is a high hill where people go paragliding. We walked up to the top and had a great view of the landscape. We finished the sightseeing tour with a visit to "pramen Luna", the natural spring of Louny and the local park where we had a raspberry lemonade.
Afterwards we returned to Kaca's house for a nice lunch and to meet some friends who were visiting with their little kids. In the late afternoon we returned to Prague.
I am very glad that Kaca and her family gave me the opportunity to get to know another side of Czech Republic which a tourist would never experience. Thanks a lot, it was a beautiful weekend.
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