My club is wonderful. I went to a garden party with the rotarians and their wives yesterday for dinner. My host father and I walked down to the house, near the downtown square. The club has about 20 active members, and about 12-15 come to each event. Women are not allowed to be members in many European countries, including the Czech Republic. This was a special event in which they were included. When we first got there, I was introduced to each member one by one. It seemed like they spoke almost no English. Over the course of the evening, I found that many knew more than they gave themselves credit for. One couple was originally Dutch, by had a house in Trutnov. The man could speak Dutch, German, a little French, a little Italian, a little Russian, and Czech. He said that most people in Holland were at least tri-lingual. The exchange organizer spoke very good english, and we had a good conversation. We talked about my interest in music, and he said that he might be able to arrange for me to play trombone after high-school in the local art school. Ask and you shall recieve, if it is possible. My counsilor was late, but he has a week-old son in his life right now. The son was even born on my dad's birthday!! My counsilor and I will spend the day together on Thursday.
The music festival is over, there was a mass exodus of young bohemians from the city yesterday. It looked like a huge group of extras from the cast of Rent (the musical). Town is now much quieter. I have had a chance to see a little bit of it, and it is very quant (in a good way.)
I saw the hotel where my host father works. Hotel Horizont is about 20 km away from Trutnov, in the winer resort town Pec Ped "Something". Search it on google if you have time.
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You've successfully teased us Bron... is there a swimming pool in the hosts' backyard or not and what has the weather been like there as well?
We had a big rainstorm overnight with 4 inches of rain falling at Drake Field with a lot of flooding.
Missing you in the Ozarks Bron-dear! T, F & Dina
Sounds like someone is alive and well, on her alustrious world tour.
As for me, life is quiet, filled with school, band, hot foreign girls, you know, the usual.
"A mass exodus of young bohiemians from the city..." I love that. You descriptions are quite entertaining. Can you possibly pick a time to check your email so maybe we can IM sometime?
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