Excursions

Karlovy Vary is located east of Prague and is full of wonderful sights to see! Our first stop is to Moser Glass factory. Moser is one of the finest makers of glass in the world and it was very exciting to see how the glass blowing process worked.

(Inside the Moser Glass Museum)

(A glass maker forming some of the glass and cooling down with a Pivo!)


After Moser we headed off to visit the Becherovka Liqueur company. Becherovka was originally used as a medicine and is still said to have a sort of "healing power"

(A group of guys in front of the Becherovka sign)

We did a tour of the Becherovka museum and got to taste their 3 different types of liqueurs, the overall favorite was the Lemond one. Unfortunately, we were not allowed to take pictures during the tour, but during the tasting it was okay.

(the entire group before sampling Becherovka)

After the Becherovka tour we had a walking tour of Karlovy Vary, the city famous for having around 60 healing spring that are famous for curing metabolic diseases. People from all over the world travel here to drink from them.

(One of the hot springs, but not one people drink from)

After touring the springs we took a lift up to a hilltop overlooking the city, then had some free time after to explore. Overall it was a great excursion!

(view of the city)

The Long Weekend!

This weekend a group of around 20 of us would travel to Ibiza, Spain to visit one of the world's nicest beaches. The trip started out with a minor bump. The french ATC went on strike and it made flying a mess. My flight was delayed 2 hours, but a group of 6 traveling from Bergamo, Italy had their flight canceled. They would not be able to join us this weekend in Ibiza. After our delay we were finally in Ibiza!

View from our apartment's balcony

The weather was 75 and sunny the whole weekend.
Picture from the Beach
All of us enjoying some seafood

The weekend was a lot of fun, it was nice to relax every morning on the beach. Four days in Ibiza seemed too short, but you can't complain when you are returning to a great city like Prague!

Weekend Travels!

Last weekend a group of 8 students and myself flew to Amsterdam for 3 nights in a beautiful city. We arrived and the weather was a perfect 70 degrees and sunny! We made our way from the airport to our hostel and then grabbed some dinner.

(Kevin giving a thumbs up in the street)

The next day all of us would venture to the Heineken brewery and have the "Heineken Experience," it was a lot of fun and educational.

(Matt, Mike, Eric, Mark)

After the Heineken tour we all ventured over to the "I Amsterdam" sign. What a cool sight to see! We took some pictures in front of the sign then headed over to the park to hang out and enjoy the beautiful weather.The next day we took a canal tour and visited the Anne Frank house. Then we went back to the hostel and soon enough it was time for lunch so we all tried the Kebabs and Gelatto. We would finally need to pack up and head to the airport. What a great weekend!