Thursday, June 07, 2007
Canoeing!!
Last weekend was the annual ESI Cesky Krumlov Canoe Trip!! Billed as one of the most fun weekends of the year, this year was no exception and did not dissapoint! We took a bus down after school on Friday afternoon to Cesky Krumlov, a town in the south of the Czech Republic. We arrived around 6/7pm, put our stuff in the hostel and went to a 'Mexican' restaurant in town. The Czech Republic is not known for it's Mexican and with good reason, this restaurant being highly overpriced and offering a very limited selection of Mexican food. That night I took a walk with Kass around the city and up to the castle.
Saturday morning we woke up early to have a baptism. Katie, a good friend of ours and teacher up in Prague (though not with our organization), had accepted Jesus on this same canoe trip two years ago. And to bring it full circle she wanted to be baptized in Cesky Krumlov. It was a very special time with the majority of our close group of American friends in CZ.
Then we took buses upriver, hopped into canoes and canoed our way downstream, ending finally in the middle of Cesky Krumlov. I was paired with Kass first [how fitting :-)]. Halfway through we switched partners and I was with Katie for the last part. I had two wonderful 'canoe buddies' but the water was extremely low (less snow than usual melting) and so often we felt like we were canoeing on rocks. Because of this it took a lot longer than last year to go down the river, we finally pulled our canoe out of the river at about 7pm. That night we at Czech food and chatted with friends. But everyone was so beat from the river that we all went to bed earlier than expected. And Sunday we just traveled back to our respective towns.
Saturday morning we woke up early to have a baptism. Katie, a good friend of ours and teacher up in Prague (though not with our organization), had accepted Jesus on this same canoe trip two years ago. And to bring it full circle she wanted to be baptized in Cesky Krumlov. It was a very special time with the majority of our close group of American friends in CZ.
Then we took buses upriver, hopped into canoes and canoed our way downstream, ending finally in the middle of Cesky Krumlov. I was paired with Kass first [how fitting :-)]. Halfway through we switched partners and I was with Katie for the last part. I had two wonderful 'canoe buddies' but the water was extremely low (less snow than usual melting) and so often we felt like we were canoeing on rocks. Because of this it took a lot longer than last year to go down the river, we finally pulled our canoe out of the river at about 7pm. That night we at Czech food and chatted with friends. But everyone was so beat from the river that we all went to bed earlier than expected. And Sunday we just traveled back to our respective towns.
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