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2010 Daily Blog The Reagan Legacy Foundation Liberty Education Tours 2010 European Tour (American Students) Germany & Czech Republic June 19-30, 2010 2010 Daily Blog Day 1: Saturday, June 19, 2010 Travel Day: Los Angeles to Prague Day 2: Sunday, June 20, 2010 We departed Los Angeles (LAX) at 6:30am Saturday for the flight to Prague. We arrived safe & sound at 7:50am Sunday morning. After arriving at the Clarion Congress Hotel we were off to the city center…by the Underground (subway). After lunch at Jedova Chyse we returned to the hotel to unpack, rest and prepare for dinner. As we flew in we noticed the beautiful, green countryside. Day 3: Monday, June 21, 2010 Prague Airport, Czech Republic After a gigantic breakfast buffet at the hotel we set out for a full day touring Prague (capital of the Czech Republic) nick- named the “City of a Hundred Spires”. We began at the Prague Castle (one of the largest castles in the world according to Guin- ness Book of Records), home of the Presidential Palace. As luck would have it we were in time to view the changing of the guards. From the Palace we left the bus behind and began our day-long trek around the city (on foot) visiting the Charles Bridge (built around 1357 and crosses the Vltava River) and breaking for lunch at U Zlateho Hada. After lunch we were received at the Wallenstein Palace (home of the Czech Senát) by one of Larry’s colleagues, Roman Joch. We were treated to a VIP tour of the Palace and visited the Audience Chamber, Antechamber, and Mythological Corridor and ended up in the Gallery overlooking the Senate Chamber. After the Palace tour we assembled in the Wallenstein Garden to hear a very informative lecture by Mr. Joch about the history, culture, and politics of the Czech Republic. After a traditional Czech dinner buffet we enjoyed a night in town – “Old Town” Prague. We assembled at the Astronomical Clock and everyone had ice cream. Then some shopped, some rode in a horse drawn carriage, and some just walked around enjoying the crowds, sights, and sounds. The area was buzzing with World Cup fans watching a match on a very large screen erected in the square. A day in Prague, a day to remember. Student’s Perspective - Nathan: “Today was the Reagan Legacy Foundation’s first day tour- ing the sights and places of Prague. As we boarded the bus Wallenstein Palace, Prague as obvious tourists in a very different culture to America; besides observing the beautiful buildings and monuments, The Reagan Legacy Foundation 1 Liberty Education Tours: Europe 2010 I hoped to gain more knowledge about what the Czech society thinks and feels for the American pride and people. A chapel. We visited the bunkers in the country side where brave men battled years ago and we also saw the iron curtain at the local Czech man said, “Americans only care about other Americans.” It was a sad statement to hear because as a group border of Austria and the Czech Republic at the time and proceeded to climb an old guard tower. Slowly the trip is changing we are here to understand the meaning of freedom and natural rights; yet I feel being here the Czech society needs to from visiting the present and the focus is shifting to that of the past and the plight of the peoples in times of oppression. This trip understand America only seeks to spread the its freedom and pursuit of happiness. But our day also consisted of seeing is beginning to provide insight into the hardships others faced and the unjust acts of subjugation that were forced upon them, the castle in Prague and touring the Senate building. Both were beautiful and gave us an idea of the Czech Republic’s which truly shows us how fortunate we are. Not only did we cover the present day connections of the Czech Republic, we took a retrospective point of view towards the fear of Nazism to the extreme swing to communism.” culture. I was very pleased to find how many Czech’s spoke English which in a way gave exchange to both our attempted kindness, but also a better way to identify the feelings of the Czech people toward Americans. The sights were breath- Day 6: Thursday, June 24, 2010 taking and whenever we adventured down a narrow street in the city, it reminded me of a back-lot movie scene at Today we traveled from the Southern part of the Czech Lidice: “Memorial to the Children of Lidice” universal studios. As the trip continues I only hope the sights continue to stay beautiful and holding that outline feeling Republic (Znojmo) near the Austrian border to Berlin; Czech Republic of freedom as the trip continues.” about 8 hours. On the way we visited Lidice and Terezin. Lidice is a village just north-west of Prague. It is built Day 4: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 on the site of a previous village of the same name which, After completing our tour of Prague we traveled to Znojmo. En route to Znojmo we visited Telč, a town which has inspired poets as part of the Nazi created Protectorate of Bohemia and and enchanted painters. The royal city of Znojmo is situated on a rock outcropping on the steep left bank of the Dyje River with Moravia, was, as per orders directly from Heinrich Him- a number of examples of medieval architecture. mler, completely destroyed by German forces in reprisal This evening we walked around Znojmo visiting local shops. We had dinner at Restaurace na České. On the way back from for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in the late dinner we stopped into the only store left open – a candy and ice cream shop. Needless to say we stocked up on lots of goodies… spring of 1942. On June 10, 1942, all 192 men over 16 years of age from the village were murdered on the spot This evening we set out the goodies, set up a projector and DVD player, and watched Swing Kids. by the Germans in a much publicized atrocity. The rest Brief plot summary of Swing Kids: In Nazi occupied Germany; the youth of the nation were pressed into joining a pro-Nazi of the population was sent to Nazi concentration camps Youth League called the “Hiterjugend”, or Hitler Youth. A group of rebel teenagers, however, chose to defy Nazi directives and where many women and nearly all the children were grew their hair long and listened to American music while calling themselves the “Swing Kids.” This is the story of one group of killed. Heydrich’s assassination was carried out by two Swing Kids and how Nazi rule and persuasion tore them apart and set them against each other. Czechoslovak resistance fighters who had been trained in Great Britain and had parachuted into the area several Student’s Perspective - Elizabeth (Lizzy): months before. “Today we embarked on a new adventure that led us to beautiful city of Znojmo, of course only after a group-bonding 4 hour Theresienstadt concentration camp (often referred to as Terezín) was presented by the Nazis to the outside world as a model drive and a stop in Telc. The city was absolutely marvelous, and the ways in which the people had little experience with the Jewish settlement, but in reality it was a concentration camp. Many of the 80,000 Czech Jews who died in the Holocaust died American society made the trip that much more interesting. Through these past few days, I’ve come to learn that America and in Terezin, where the conditions were deplorable. Terezin was also used as a punishment prison for Allied POWs who persisted the Czech Republic do have something in common that explains why some Czechs may hold hostility towards us; appreciation of in escape attempts. freedom. Though many of the Czechs have not outgrown the concept of communism in their daily lives, the concept of making The Red Cross was allowed to visit Terezin once. The camp was spruced up for the occasion. Certain inmates were dressed up conscious decisions for themselves is an idea that both cultures adore but only the Americans fully experience. This has completely and told to stand at strategic places along the specially designated route. Shop windows were filled with goods for the day. Even broadened my thoughts on cultural sensitivity, and in the days to come I know that the principle of freedom will bring me and the candy shop window overflowed with bon bons creating a fantastic illusion. The Red Cross concluded the Jews were being the Czechs closer in a more spiritual aspect.” treated all right. Day 5: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 Student’s Perspective by Matt K.: Today we were very busy touring many of the area’s trea- “Today we travelled from the Czech Republic and transitioned ourselves from Czech ideals to German ones. After a long ex- sures: Castle Vranov nad Dyji, MJ-S2 “Uvoz” Bunker, cursion, we stopped and observed some of the Nazi’s cruelty up close by visiting the memorials of an entirely wiped out village and the Cornštejn Castle. We also traveled to the Czech- named Lidice. It makes me realize how important it is to keep one’s Austrian border where we visited a portion of the Iron family and friends close. Also the trip seems to have shifted from an Curtain and took our chances climbing a guard tower. uplifting and filled with curiosity to serious contemplation and an After dinner this evening we enjoyed a traditional game overall somber tone.
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