#19 - Czech Republic

I'm blessed to have a job I love, which also allows me to travel and learn at the same time! I work at a small college founded by the Norbertine priests, and they organized a tour to some of their European abbeys for faculty, staff and alumni. We left right after the spring semester ended, and I was very excited because it started in the Czech Republic. I had never been there before, but it was always on my "places to see" list because I have Bohemian ancestors. I still haven't seen the Grand Canyon, but I'm up to 19 different foreign countries now!


It's hard to pick just handful of photos to post from the 450+ I took, but here are just a couple of my favorites. Above is a garden gate at Zeliv Abbey in the Czech countryside. Below is one of the beautiful street lanterns in Prague. This one includes a sign leading to Strahov Abbey, the final resting place of St. Norbert. Norbert is one of the principal patron saints of Bohemia, and his statue can be found on the Charles Bridge.