The bus didn't have great air conditioning and you couldn't open the windows. On the final day the temperature was in the 90s(F) and I accidentally trailed dog poop onto the bus. After the poop ordeal the teachers decided it was a sign to leave early, and now everyone calls me "poop shoe".
But I'm going to start with day 1.
The first stop was a textile history museum.
Hanging all over the museum were photos of the women who worked in the textile factories. I loved how powerful and feminine they were at the same time. Incredible textile ladies!
They had an entire wall of Czech wood block prints. There are only 4 or 5 traditional indigo printing studios left in the Czech republic. I love textile history but it always breaks my heart, most traditions are dying or completely dead. Everything is made in China.
Our Czech lace teacher, Jiŕina (sounds like Ur-zjean-ah) is a famous Czech textile artist!
For lunch we went to a Castle.
Sitting across the way was the Countess! I snapped a sneaky photo of her, but during our tour she popped out of a secret passageway and we got to pet her pugs and speak to her.We weren't allowed to bring our cameras on the tour so no beautiful photos.
Jacquie and I also came in contact with a ghost during the tour, to which the tour guide shrugged and said was "normal". I was too embarrassed to tell the Countess about encountering her possible relative.
I got my food first!
Pistachio ice cream is the most amazing thing ever created.
We saw a handmade lace museum afterwards, but again, I wasn't allowed to take photos.
We stopped for dinner in a town that had the other astronomical clock. I committed a traveling sin here and ate Mc Donalds. I regretted it for the next two days. In case you were wondering it is just as awful as it is in the States!
Last Thursday through Saturday we took a whirlwind textile tour of Moravia (Southern Czech Republic).
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