What a tiring weekend!  On Friday we left for the town of Brno in Moravia.  Along the way we stopped at a monestary which was a beautiful and relaxing place.  Then that night we went into the town of Brno and ate dinner and walked around the square.  The next day was packed with so many different tours to go on and things to see.  The morning started at nine when we left the hotel to go to the Mendel museum (he was the man who figured out genetic information by cross polanating pea pods) unfortunately, we got there just to find out that the museum was closed.  They then took us to the city center where we got a tour of the city and saw all of the beautiful churches and buildings around there.  In the afternoon we took a bus out to the battlefield where the battle of the three leaders (I believe that is what it is called) took place.  The most well-known leader was Napoleon Bonapart who won this battle.  We then went to a huge monument which they have put up for this war and also went to a museum which talked all about the battle.  After that we went to a small wine cellar and ate a absolutley delicious dinner!  It is a place that is ran by a family and they all make their own wine there.  We got to sample a lot of it and even tried this one wine which is called Berscheque (The spelling may be way off) but it is a wine which has not gone through fermentation yet and has more of a cider-y and grape taste to it.  Even after this wine tasting I am still not a huge fan of wine.  I wish I had more of an appreciation for it because I think that we did get to try some amazing wines but it really is just not my cup of tea.

Then comes Sunday.  We left early again around nine and traveled a few miles outside of Brno to this beautiful cave place!  We walked through many of the caves and then at one point came outside and were at the bottom of this huge abyss that was truly beautiful!  It was filled with beautiful green colors from the leaves, bushes, and ivy that were growing there.  It was truly miraculous and breath taking.  We then kept walking through the caves and then got into boats where we went through the water in the caves.  That adventure was by far my favorite part of the weekend expedition.  We then traveled about 30 minutes to this beautiful church that was in the middle of no where but had beautiful artwork all along the ceilings and walls.  Then we drove for an hour to a castle which sat upon a hill and overlooked this small city.  After that we were on our way back to Prague.

While it was truly a beautiful weekend I am more then done with guided tours, being bussed from place to place and living out of a suitcase.  I am truly excited to now just get to relax and finally settle down into Prague.  We started our Czech intensive today and it is going to be very difficult to learn this language.  Luckily most people speak english here.  Much love and I will write again soon!