Category: Czech

Czech “Any fool can make a ruleAnd any fool will mind it.” Henry David Thoreau I wake up at 5.00 am and can’t get back to sleep. Confusingly, I wake up again, and it is 7.00 am. We lie in bed; I make some coffee. 8.00 am rolls around, and Shell decides on a refreshing…

Czech “I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” Rabindranath Tagore A walk around the old town. Znojmo is a morning town, not an evening town. We take our time with breakfast. Check out is at 10.00 am, and the…

Czech “In the little towns and villages there are no minorities; people are not numerous enough. You must see the world there, perforce.” W.B. Yeats No early morning walk, just coffee nd porridge. Today our walking will be done to tasting stations set up by Vinařstvi Znovín. Rather than the usual cellar door setup at…

Czech “The school is the first step toward the state. What you want to see in the nation, you must first put into the schools.” Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk I did not sleep well. The pillow was terrible, and the light from the air conditioner shone like Eta Carinae. My retinas barbequed. I stoically catapult out…

Czech “Too lazy to be ambitious,I let the world take care of itself.Ten days’ worth of rice in my bag;a bundle of twigs by the fireplace.Why chatter about delusion and enlightenment?Listening to the night rain on my roof,I sit comfortably, with both legs stretched out.” Ryokan We sleep in and take an early morning walk….

“I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.” F. Scott Fitzgerald Sleep in. No rush. Dark grey clouds have arrived. It is not as cold as yesterday, but rain threatens and makes the prospect of getting out of bed difficult. We are changing rooms. We cannot afford the…

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” Albert Camus Saturday I sleep for ten hours. I wake up to a grey fog and open the doors on the balcony. It is cold. I stand there, naked, until I am shivering. I get back in bed and enjoy the feeling of getting…

“Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm.” Blaise Pascal Friday Smooth flight. We start watching the series Tehran. I am not sure why everyone is not talking about this series. It makes the trip go fast. A problem with…