I joined a choir!

Last week I joined a choir. My friend invited me there but for some reason I was feeling veerryy lazy and reaalllyy unmotivated, and I almost skipped the whole thing. The whole day I was doubting and making up excuses for myself not to go.

After work I realized that I didn't have the address of the place where the rehearsal was. So I sent my friend a message asking about the place, and told myself "if she doesn't answer me, I can't go". So I was secretly comforting myself with the fact that I might have a reason not to go.

But she sent me a message. I was lying in my bed thinking "I don't want to move...".

But then I realized how stupid it would be to skip the opportunity without even giving it a try. So I got up from my bed mumbling swear words to myself and dragged myself to the rehearsal. Actually I had to really hurry, run the escalator to the metro and everything, because it took so long for me to make up my mind...

After the rehearsal I had changed my tune. I was soo glad that I went there and didn't skip it just because I was feeling lazy! So I went there on Wednesday and that same weekend they had a choir weekend trip, so without really having an idea about what it was all about, I joined the trip!

We went to Český ráj! Český ráj means "Czech paradise", and it sure was beautiful.

The choir weekend was fun! We sang a lot. Like all the time. Then we also went outdoors, had Czech food, beer, and on both evenings we stayed up late singing, dancing and talking, even though we had to get up at 8... :)

Once again, it was really fun to get to go on a trip, sing and have lots of fun, but moreover it was great to get to know all the people! :)

Here are some pictures from Český ráj.

We stayed right next to Hrad Trosky, a castle built on a volcano with two peaks. It's one of the most recognizable symbols of Český ráj and possibly the only one of its kind in the whole world.

When the volcano erupted, there was a blockage so the lava had to force its way around it creating two high-rise columns. In the 14th century knight Cenek of Vartenberg built a castle on top of the columns, to serve as his residence. The castle changed hands several times over centuries, from noblemen to robber barons.

We played tag. :)

Running on the field.

View from one tower to the other one. We were really high up, you can hardly even tell the bunch of people from tiny dots where the arrow is!

Lucia was tired of taking boring photos so I had to pose. :)

The view was incredible! You could see all around and very far. We were told that the Bohemian Crown Jewels were once kept there because of this very reason.

A view.

On an evening walk.

Good times! :)