Thrown in the deep end

Ahoj rodina, kamarad a kamaradka!

Hope you are all well my beautiful people! So sorry I haven!t posted in so long. Have been visiting the family and didn't really want to use up their internet too much.
They have all been SOOOO nice to me. It's unbelievable! I'm so spoilt with my family!

So let me fill you in on where I've been.
After leaving the farm about a week ago, first I got caught out by the time change that occurred here. It's the same as our daylight savings, and I left the farm very early to get the bus, only to find I was an hour late. I went back to the farm and emailed Pavlina to let her know the new time I would be arriving in Brno. Was really not a big problem, as I just caught a later bus, only arriving in Brno a few hours later. But apparently this was a terrible thing to happen to me. Pavlina was so worried that I would be lost, she called my mum's cousins in Znojmo, who called their daughter in Prague, who had my number, who called me to check I was fine, who then called Pavlina to tell her that I was fine, who then called me to double check that I was fine... Crazy! But it was so lovely to know that if anything really bad DID occur, I had an army of family to run around and worry about me. Huge smiley face. But I WAS so worried that I had worried them. What a mess!

But then I got to Brno fine. Was going to stay with Pavlina in her very small flat with her husband and two little children, but her son, Vitek, super sweet, was sick, so I stayed at her brother's, Stanjo, who was super nice. I had SUCH a nice time, and spent most of my two days in Brno playing with Pavlina and her two children. I was a little thingy about not having a huge amount of time to explore Brno, though I did see the castle. But then it turned about to be a very good thing I spent so much time with her, because Vitek was so sick that they couldn't come to Pavlina's parent's home village with me as planned. But more of that later. Let me first tell that Martin, Pavlina's husband, works at one of the Brno theatres, and got me a ticket to the big Ballet Gala that was on. It was amazing! And I was in one of those front booth things that you always see and wonder who those people know to get such awesome seats. Smiley face. So that was amazing!
So then on Wednesday I said goodbye to Pavlina, Martin, Vitek and tiny crazy Uli, and went to Tvaronza Lhota, a little village where my Baba and Deda come from. I can't really express how it felt to be talking to the brother and sister of my Baba, grandmother, and Deda, grandfather. It didn't really occur to me when I visited 7 years ago, how brave they were to leave their whole family and country, to travel to a place they did not know, knew no one and didn't speak the language! My grandparents were incredibly strong people. It was wonderful to spend a little time there. But was also hilarious, because no one there speaks english. So all Czech for me! A very good way to improve my Czech, and I think I have improved.

Now I am in Znojmo, a bigger town on the Austrian border, with my mum's cousins Pepa and Anichka, and their English speaking, fantastic daughter, Lenka. Today we will be painting eggs in the traditional Czech way for Velikonoce, or Easter, which is HUGE here in the Czech republic.

But I really must go know, as I have been far too long on the internet and can't wait to go embarress myself further with my stumbling attempts at Czech. Smiley face.
Sorry about the lack of photos, but the computer is old and doesn't have an outlet.

I can't really express how much I have loved this last week or so with my family. I love it I love it I love it! A million times over. I am having the most amazing time!

I love you all too! And hope you are all well and smiley, and that the weather is as glorious there as it is here. 33 degrees in the sun yesterday!

Love love!