Western Bohemia

This weekend, me and some other American friends went to the Western part of Czech Republic. He we hung out with some other teachers and visited some sights. Pictured here is a big castle, called Loket. It is a very pretty castle that we went and visited on Saturday, (this was probably bout the same time the good 'ol Sooners were gettin romped up on by those drasted Longhorns).

Below is another pic of the city of Loket. It is a really small pretty town that is beautifully situated upon a hill.

Next we went to Karlovy Vary (in English "Carlsbad). This town is beautifully built, and fairly big. It is known for two special things. One for their amazing springs they have situated all over the city (below is a picture of one of them. There are 12 of them). It is tradition to purchase little pretty shot glass like cups and dip them under the springs to enjoy the hot salty water. Mmmmm.... sounds tasty, huh? Some of the springs were170 degrees. Yea, we filled up on these, you can bet yourself.

And the other thing they are famous for is their distillery of the famous Czech liquor "Becherovka".

So anyways. We hung out here and at the castle Saturday and things were very enjoyable. It was very good to get away and find solace with friends and see new places that I have never seen before, but that have been around for ages.

And of course, this town here, Sokolov, is where our two good friends, Joel and Hank, live. They live on the 12th floor of their building. Pretty sweet view in the morning,huh?