Brunch with Bella

I had passed by it so many times, but it wasn’t until this morning that I finally tried Jedna, the café attached to the art museum next to our apartment. The rumor was the avocado toast was amazing, so I had to try it for myself. It was the perfect place for a Sunday brunch. It was quiet, and the sun came through the floor to ceiling windows. Because it is an art museum, there was a large spray-painted tree truck on the ground that complimented the white walls. Halfway through our breakfast, a boy, his family and his dog arrived. The energy in the café changed entirely.

While his parents ordered, he ran around the café. It was obvious, food was not his first priority, instead a quick prebreakfast game of tag was essential. All eyes were on them. he ran and climbed the tree trunk, his dog chased him as he would hide against behind a pole, she would run the around the opposite side to catch him. It was clear she was his puppy and that they were best friends. This was the type of relationship you use to convince your parents to buy you a puppy.

As soon as the boy ate his breakfast he quickly jumped up and ran outside to continue playing while his parents finished their meal. The dog raced after him barking as if to say “wait up”. Outside I asked him if I could take a picture of him and his dog. He posed for me picking up the pup and asking her to sit. He informed me she was 9 months old and her name was Bella.

Soccer aka Football

After stepping off the tram, we followed the sounds of cheering until we found the Riegrovy Sady Beer Garden. We were just in time to watch the Spain vs. Portugal game in the world cup. We pushed our way through the crowd looking for a spot at a table. It seemed like everyone who had a table must have camped out there to get their spot. We settled for a spot near the screen on the ground, fortunately no one too tall was sitting in front of us. The excitement was building as the game was tied 1-1. People seemed to be from all over the world, each rooting for their favorite team.

People in Europe seem to be obsessed with soccer the way Texan’s are obsessed with football. Whenever the school year begins, we pull our cowboy boots out from the back of our closet and put longhorn stickers on our cheeks in preparation for the first football game. No matter how our team is doing in the season, people come from all over Texas to support the University of Texas’ team. Just like with European’s favorite soccer team, we can leave Texas and still root for our team.

The game ended with a tie. Currently the world cup is in the group stage where they all play each other for points to advance to the octa-finals where 16 teams play each other. Despite the tie, people left the garden in high spirits as it was an exciting game.

Bone Church

On our last day trip outside of Prague, we visited Kutna Hora. One of the most famous tourist attractions in the Czech Republic is there; the Bone Church. When walking inside it looks like the set of a movie or an elaborate Halloween haunted house with skeletons as decoration. It’s hard to believe that they are real human bone. From the photos online, I thought the church would be smaller but instead it had fairly high ceilings and was not too dark. It was crowded with lots of tour groups walking in and out as well as people taking photos in front of all the skeletons, specifically the chandelier made out of every human bone.

There are over 40,000 bones in the Church. The church which is called The Sedlec Ossuaryand is located next to the Cemetany of All Saints. Of all the churches we have visited in the Czech Republic, I find this one to be the most interesting. I wonder if it serves any purpose other than a tourist destination for local Czech people.

While the churches and silver mines were big tourist spots, the town did not feel like it was run by tourists as Cesky Krumlov felt. There did not appear to be as many buses of people coming in and the spaces did not feel over crowded.