Botanicus

On Saturday we went to a place outside of Prague called Botanicus - some of you may have already checked out the link in the prior blog. Anyway, this company makes soaps and oils and other aromatic stuff and they have gardens in Ostrava where the herbs and flowers come from for their products. They also have a little renaissance village set up that was full of activity. When we arrived there were sword fighting theater acts going on- most of which was lost on us since it was in Czech but amusing anyway. The little artisan sectors housed candle-makers, woodworkers, blacksmiths, rope-makers, papermakers and more. Their current exhibition was a weapons exhibit so my walk through the garden was peppered with the occasional gunpowder explosions and smoke. Renaissance style grilled meats and potatoes were served up for lunch and going after sweets, Geoff returned with a cheese pastry topped with fruit – or so he thought. It was actually caviar. Mmmmm. It was a fun day and we arrived back in Prague with the rain. Photos are posted- enjoy!