This is a picture of the Chalupa (pronounced Haloopa and means recreation home in Czech). It is so beautiful! It's over a hundred years old and was a stable before Simon and Rostya bought it. It's in Martinov, which is a village about two hours outside of Prague. There are only about 6 homes in this village so it's very small, and very quiet.
This is just a peak at one of the rooms in the Chalupa. Rostya and Simon have beautiful antique furniture from all over the world. There is a story for everything in the Chalupa, she still has projects displayed that her children did when they were young.
This is the view from one side of the house. We are surrounded by rolling hills and pines here... it's like a scene from The Sound of Music!
Mitchell, enjoying life in the Czech Republic :)
Often times, we roast our dinner over the fire. The kids love sitting by the fire at night and the weather here is so perfect. The only downer is that they don't have marshmellows or twinkies here (twinkies are amazing when you roast them over the fire...right Neal?!). A fire without smores doesn't feel quiet right. We went to the store to find something to roast and the only thing we could find was cream filled crossiants. We're roasting them tonight so I'll keep you posted on the outcome.
This is a natural healing spring. This spring has what they call "kidney water" in it. You can see in the above photo, they have mugs there in case you forget yours and it's also a sign that the water is safe to drink. Check out what it looks like...
It comes up through a tree trunk and someone has put a cement barrier around it to preserve it. And yes, the water really does look that red because of the iron in it. However, when you get it in your glass, it's just clear like any other water you drink. People come from all over to get this water, they even have a spa close by where you walk around and drink healing kidney water. It's nasty! It tastes like it has a TON of carbonation in it and the iron taste is so strong. The things people will do to be healed :) If only more people had the priesthood in their lives, a blessing doesn't leave such an aftertaste.
This is a fresh water spring. So cold and soooo good. This is where we get most of the water we drink at the Chalupa.
These are Rostya's famous fruit dumplings. Apricot and strawberry dumplings with a sweet grated cheese, powered sugar, and melted butter. They are amazing!
George digging in to the dumplings.
Not sure why this picture isn't edited...sorry. Anyway, this is Rostya preparing the dumplings in her "these are my grandchildrens' hands" apron :)
At the Chalupa, you pretty much live on your surroundings. We get water from a spring, pick veggies from the garden, and we eat fried elder flowers! These flowers grow all around the Chalupa and have many uses...right now Simon is in the process of brewing some champange (non-alcoholic of course :) just a bit of their pre-convert lives they're holding on to). Rostya made a batter, fried them, and that was that. They are actually really good!
Rostya learned most of these tricks as a child from her grandmother...who was the first person to actually try fried elder flower? So random.
This is a picture of the Chalupa (pronounced Haloopa and means recreation home in Czech). It is so beautiful! It's over a hundred years old and was a stable before Simon and Rostya bought it. It's in Martinov, which is a village about two hours outside of Prague. There are only about 6 homes in this village so it's very small, and very quiet.
This is just a peak at one of the rooms in the Chalupa. Rostya and Simon have beautiful antique furniture from all over the world. There is a story for everything in the Chalupa, she still has projects displayed that her children did when they were young.
This is the view from one side of the house. We are surrounded by rolling hills and pines here... it's like a scene from The Sound of Music!
Mitchell, enjoying life in the Czech Republic :)
Often times, we roast our dinner over the fire. The kids love sitting by the fire at night and the weather here is so perfect. The only downer is that they don't have marshmellows or twinkies here (twinkies are amazing when you roast them over the fire...right Neal?!). A fire without smores doesn't feel quiet right. We went to the store to find something to roast and the only thing we could find was cream filled crossiants. We're roasting them tonight so I'll keep you posted on the outcome.
This is a natural healing spring. This spring has what they call "kidney water" in it. You can see in the above photo, they have mugs there in case you forget yours and it's also a sign that the water is safe to drink. Check out what it looks like...
It comes up through a tree trunk and someone has put a cement barrier around it to preserve it. And yes, the water really does look that red because of the iron in it. However, when you get it in your glass, it's just clear like any other water you drink. People come from all over to get this water, they even have a spa close by where you walk around and drink healing kidney water. It's nasty! It tastes like it has a TON of carbonation in it and the iron taste is so strong. The things people will do to be healed :) If only more people had the priesthood in their lives, a blessing doesn't leave such an aftertaste.
This is a fresh water spring. So cold and soooo good. This is where we get most of the water we drink at the Chalupa.
These are Rostya's famous fruit dumplings. Apricot and strawberry dumplings with a sweet grated cheese, powered sugar, and melted butter. They are amazing!
George digging in to the dumplings.
Not sure why this picture isn't edited...sorry. Anyway, this is Rostya preparing the dumplings in her "these are my grandchildrens' hands" apron :)
At the Chalupa, you pretty much live on your surroundings. We get water from a spring, pick veggies from the garden, and we eat fried elder flowers! These flowers grow all around the Chalupa and have many uses...right now Simon is in the process of brewing some champange (non-alcoholic of course :) just a bit of their pre-convert lives they're holding on to). Rostya made a batter, fried them, and that was that. They are actually really good!
Rostya learned most of these tricks as a child from her grandmother...who was the first person to actually try fried elder flower? So random.
1 comment:
I should send you some twinkies! It looks like you guys are having a lot of fun.
-Neal-
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