March '10

Do you ever wake up and think "Oh gee, another month is gone! How did that happen??" Well, that's my March 2010. Here's a little recap to keep you in the picture:

March 3 was Free Museum night. I love the first Wednesday in Prague for this reason. I met up with H's little sister, and learned a valuable (and time-saving) lesson. Always check to see if the museum you are planning on visiting is in fact open. We went to two different museums that were closed for reconstruction before going for the safe bet of the Castle. Of course the Prague Castle museum was open. There was a temporary exhibit of Romantic landscape paintings from the 19th century by August Bedřich, Charlotta and Louisa Piepenhagen.

Mid March H came home from work (he works abroad, for those out of the loop) and we decided a little bonding trip was in order. We hopped over the border to Germany and enjoyed an eclectic museum of everything technical under the sun. It was a bit like you cleaned out your grandparents' attic times a thousand. Then added a few tanks, airplanes and cars and turned all the random objects into a museum. We loved it!

H was home for two weeks, which also gave us some time to bond with his mom. We went to Terezin on Saturday. Terezin was originally built as a fort in the 1790s to protect the Habsburg empire. But it is notoriously known for being turned into the Teresienstadt Concentration camp during Nazi occupation. We took the guided tour. The tour guide was a woman in her mid-30s. She was excellent. She brought the history alive with her passion for the story. It is important for all generations to know what cruelty and lowness humanity is capable of. With guides like this woman, I'm confident the history will be told. www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/terezin.html

We also treated H's mom to some fancy cooking, but not mine! We went to the Indian restaurant on our street, Tandoori. Then we went back to Kardamon Klub, a restaurant I praised in an early post. If I could give them FOUR thumbs up, I would. Just as impressed the second time. www.hedvabnastezka.cz/kardamon

And that brings us to the end of March. See what I mean?! It flew by! The sun shone, the rain fell and March passed.