Trip to Brno!

Friday's trip to Brno, to present the Schoolovision trophy, went very well. It's a lovely city, in the south-east of the Czech Republic, and after a 2hr 45min train journey from Prague, I arrived and quickly got myself to the school, with the help of one or two of the locals!

There, I met the class, along with their teachers, the Headteacher, the Mayor of Brno and the Deputy Education Minister for the Czech Republic, all of whom spoke to me and the class of their pride in what had been achieved. The Mayor of Brno also presented a cheque to the school, for new ICT equipment, which they have been asking for, for a while, but which was now provided as a thank you for their great achievement!


The centre of Brno.





With Jakub Durr, Deputy Minister for Education, and Roman Tlustos, Headteacher of ZS Husova school, Brno.



Roman Tlustos, Dana Ciglova (eTwinning partner), me, Katerina Kusova (the class' music teacher) and Marcela Necasova, class teacher.


With the winning class!



With the winning class, and the Mayor of Brno (with the bald head!)



En route between Prague and Brno.


Market in the centre of Brno.



Brno city.

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In the Czech Republic!

Taken from Charles Bridge, Prague.

Not quite a case of "Bought the t-shirt", more like the sweat-shirt!

I have spent a very enjoyable day here in Prague- it's the second time here for me in the last four months- and both times I have been here on eTwinning business- though today has been a sightseeing day!

Tomorrow, I leave Prague early in the morning to travel by train down to the south east of the Czech Republic, to the second city of Brno, population 400,000. There, I will visit ZV Husova, the winning school in the recent Schoolovision project I ran, and I'll be taking their trophy, to present it to the teacher and the pupils there. I'm really looking forward to that! Meanwhile, this evening, I'm relaxing in my hotel, which is close to the train station.

In the Old Town.


At the entrance to a market, where I found a Rubix Cube for Sandy.


Near Wenceslas Square


Further down near the middle of Wenceslas Square.


From the top of Wenceslas Square, looking north towards the river.

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