On Saturday we went to the Moravian Karst and I think that must have been my favourite trip so far - it was simply amazing. It's hard to believe that nature can create something that beautiful without (or because?) humankind being involved in the whole process.
The photos can hardly describe the atmosphere in the caves - it was somehow mystical and unreal.
As I mentioned in the entry before, we also went on an underground cruise on a boat that went on for about twenty minutes - suddenly we were overground again which felt so weird after not seing any sunlight for two hours or so.
We then took a cable car to the mountain top with a gorge 138 m deep that was formed when the ceiling of an underground chamber collapsed.
Since the whole area is a protected nature reserve, it encompasses a lot of notable geological features and landscapes - just look at the photos... :)

Afterwards we dressed up nicely and went to the local theatre where we watched a performance of the ballet "Giselle".
I have to admit that I'm not a big fan of ballet - the costumes and the dancing were quite nice, but to me it ended very sudden and since Giselle already dies in the first act, there's no point in having a second act really.. ;)
The interior of the theatre here in Brno is really nice though as you can see on the photos.

Today we talked about some Czech music in the cultural part of the language course and I really liked it, so I would like to introduce some of the modern Czech songs to you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8p8q4x9AA0
(they are doing this strong Czech accent on purpose...)
or http://www.tape.tv/musikvideos/Monkey-Business/My-Friends
(for those of you whose youtube video gets blocked by the GEMA)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iGpTxiDMCA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrqgdcqC7ZA (tepláky means sweatpants - they make fun of the people who wear sweatpants all the time - as you can see Czechs don't take themselves very seriously ;)
I hope you enjoyed this Czech music... :D

On Friday I'll leave Brno and head to Prague - thinking of it feels weird after having the routine of going to school, sharing my room with someone else and meeting all this new people from all over Europe for the last week.
It also makes me feel quite anxious since I still have nowhere to stay in Prague - looking at some hostels made me feel sick - they even offer 26-bed-rooms for 15 Euros/night!
I might actually try couchsurfing for the very first time in my life - do you have any suggestions / advice / comments on that?

I will do some more studying of Czech now as we will have an exam on Friday - so good night (dobrou noc!) for now and I hope you enjoy the photos!