Tomorrow is May 1. Which means it's another important holiday in the Czech Republic. It's Europe's version of Labor Day. It's also a rite of spring, which has something to do with stout poles, ribbons, flowers, and romantic sentiments. You have to hand it to the people of Prague--they are hardworking, but they love to celebrate. It also means I don't have to go to work tomorrow. It's like waking up on a Sunday to find that a huge blizzard is raging outside, which means the next day will be a snow day--school will be closed! I took a short hike from my apartment this afternoon through some remnant beech-conifer forest to the town of Roztoky a mile or so north from the northwest corner of Prague (in Suchdol district), and down a long, gradual slope. There I found small groups of families heading under an archway toward what turned out to be yet another castle. The moat of said castle was filled in with recently mowed grass turned a brilliant emerald green from al...
