Spent the weekend in Pavla's village. It was nice to get away from things before school started. Her ma made us some delicious traditional Czech dishes, including this delight:
Really really thick mashed potatoes. One plain, one with cheese and (of course) one with powdered sugar and poppy seeds.Spent some time with Pavla's granny and granddad. The two sweetest Czech's you'll ever meet:
Both are in their 80's. Lived through some crazy times. If you don't know much about 20th century Czech history - it's worth looking into. There's been a lot going on here in the last 100 years.
Granny tried to speak some English with us. She learned a bit when she was real young, but when the communist era came around that was the end of English. That she remembered any is remarkable. She speaks German very well and was quite surprised when I was able to respond to her.
When we weren't busy eating, we were busy hiking. That's how Czech people stay so thin. They eat gravy, dumplings and potatoes with sugar for every meal - and then they go climb a mountain. I've got the eating part down. I still need to work on the whole mountain climbing thing. They make it look so easy.
2 comments:
oooh, looks yummy!! (The food, not the elderly couple.)
Your cousin Matt works with me and shared your blog. Seems you're in school with my daughter Emily. Thanks for letting me tag along via your blog for a different look at the program.
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