Due to the storm Sunday night, Monday turned out to be an exploration day instead of a festival working day. Our apartment overlooks the Jewish cemetery. The cemetery was the only plot of land given to the Jewish to bury their dead, so there are layers and layers of bodies stacked on top of each other, and layers of headstones slanting out in different directions haphazardly all over the small plot of land. We ventured out into the sunlight. I found a Hauschka ...

Waking up in Prague is awesome. Slept in a tiny bit this morning before Heather and I packed up and headed to a place to work. Wore our festival T shirts (I have 2 in purple and 2 in white - they are our uniform this week). We found a café not too far from our house with outdoor seating and wifi. We sat there for about 2 hours working on our presentations. We are delivering a leadership development series - "Coming Together: Innovations in Leadership Developmen...

Today was an amazing day. The kind of day you dream about or see in movies. Heather and I spent all day walking around, roaming the cobblestone streets of Prague. The city is indescribably romantic and magical. It consumes you. I woke up to the sound of horses click-clacking past my window. Yes, that really happened. We started off heading to the market to get groceries for the apartment. The closest spot was a little corner store chain. While we were in line, O...

So this is day 1-2 of the Prague journey. My soul needed this. It was really hard leaving everyone behind this time. Everything is so uncertain and transitioning. It's hard to leave while things are in limbo. I keep trying to remind myself that it's about me this time. Even though I"m here for work, I have to stop being preocuppied with how other people are doing and feeling, and let myself enjoy this. I was too overwhelmed with work to pack until the morning of...