On March 9 we headed to Prague in the Czech Republic. It was only a 6 hour drive from our house. We stayed in a families home that we met on Home Exchange for free for the week. Franta and Melina cooked a traditional Czech meal for us (pork with salami and cheese melted over and fried potatoes) and told us about Czech history and what it was like for them during WWII, Franta said his parents often reminded him of seeing Dresden, Germany on fire and that town is 2 hours away! Franta himself was part of the Velvet Revolution were the residents of Prague began to protest during a weekend state of Soviet control, without a single gun shot Cezchalsolvakia became the democratic Czech Republic nearly over night. Because Prague was allied with Germany but never really involved in the fighting, the US and England and Russia never boomed them in the war. Thus, Prague is one of the few big cities in Europe that still has the same buildings standings as they had since they were built throughout the centuries. There are pictures for sale in Prague that were taken 200 years ago (or drawn?) and the point is that it is the exact same sky line as it is today. There were a lot of fancy old buildings, that Ted couldn't get enough of but in the outskirts of the city where we were sleeping the buildings were just plain old. Stucco only sticks to a building for less than 100 years I guess so a lot of the community looked really poor and run down. We had a great time though seeing museums, churches, castles, bridges, play grounds, and even the zoo!
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