500 Year Vision

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Nine days in South Bohemia

August23

Monday

The journey yesterday seemed to take forever. Our flatmate, Tiago, gave us a lift to the airport, but we went really early because of potential delays for extra security. Everything at the airport went smoothly, though we had 5 hours in the departure lounge because the plane was late. I was concerned that the car hire place at Prague airport would have closed, but we were okay… they’d kept it open after hours for us – for a fee. At least we weren’t going to be stuck in Prague for the night.

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Letter to Jana for Martin to correct/translate

August4

(Martin – please can you find a picture of a Czech keyboard for me? I’ve not been able to find one & so I keep loosing letters. Thanks!)
Ahoj Jano.

Dekuji pro emailu.
Thanks for your email.

Co studovat? Mate rada Praha? je drahy, ze ano?

What are you studying? Do you like Prague? it’s expensive, isn’t it?

Je legrace, ze ano, lidi od krajina mysli velke mesto je lepsi, a lidi od mesto
prefere krajina!
It’s funny, isn’t it, people from the countryside think it’s better in the city,
and people in the city prefer the countryside.

Doufam, ze koupit starou oranjovy skoda, a mozne je dobry v krajina.
I hope to buy an old orange skoda, and maybe it’ll be okay in the countryside.

Praha jenom 80 km, a Tabor je 10km. Ale je dlouha na kolo! A je tezky po starobni.
Prague is only 80 km away and Tabor is 10 km. But it’s far on a bicycle. But it’s difficult for old people.
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