Let's Go Explore Czech Nature

Hi Everyone, One good way the Czechs work off all the sweets they eat during their 3 day Christmas Holiday (the 24th thru the 26th) is to go for a walk. The above picture was taken on the 26th in a garden of a castle. I hope you can make out the wildlife that was hanging out with us. We didn't want to scare them so we stood off in the distance. We were able to toss a few apples their way without disturbing them. This castle is located not too far outside of Brno. The host family I am staying with took me there by car.

Then on the 27th I spent the day with my friends, Jirka and Eliska. We put on many layers of clothes because the morning temperature was 23 degrees F. It was a bit nippy as you can imagine but Eliska let me borrow one of her winter jackets. I needed it during our 17 kilometer(10.5 mile) hike through the forest on mostly flat landscape. The highlight of the hike was seeing a small cave. I will post a few of the pictures that I took during our hike. There were plenty of wildlife to see during the hike. I learned the Czech vocabulary words for animals that we saw on our hike such as duck, sheep, goat, puppies and we even managed to see an ostrich! At times my mind gets tired of processing the czech language but I really enjoy spending time with the Czech families God has brought across my path!! I had a great time admiring the creation our God has created. Hope all is well and thanks for following along! Take care until next time...
Blessings,
Colleen