On Hrabal's footsteps: Three months in the countries behind what was the Iron Curtain // Tras las huellas de Hrabal: Tres meses detrás de lo que fue la Cortina de Hierro

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It all started when I chose Bohumil Hrabal's novel Too Loud a Solitude as the subject of my thesis... Little did I know that all of this would come. This is the chronicle of an unexpected trip to Prague to learn Czech and of my discovery of the countries of the so-called Eastern Europe(Eastern Germany, Czech Republic, Poland).

Todo comenzó cuando escogí la novela Una soledad demasiado ruidosa, del checo Bohumil Hrabal, como tema de tesis... nunca me hubiera imaginado todo lo que llegó a continuación. Esta es la crónica de un viaje inesperado a Praga a aprender checo y de mi descubrimiento de los países de la llamada Europa oriental (Alemania oriental, Rep Checa, Polonia). _________________

All entries are both in Spanish and English.

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  Week 1. Curtain rises: Eastern Germany.   Dresden, Germany on Sep 9, 2005 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Week 2. Chronicle of a difficult arrival in Prague   Prague, Czech Republic on Sep 16, 2005 20 pictures 0 comments
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  Week 3. Of 1, 2, 3, 4.. beers at U zlateho tygra..   Prague, Czech Republic on Sep 22, 2005 22 pictures 0 comments
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  Week 4. Weekend of drinks... mineral water to beer   Prague (week) / Karlovy Vary, M. Lazne, and Plzen (weekend), Czech Republic on Sep 30, 2005 21 pictures 0 comments
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  Week 5. Of bones, manuscripts and Erasmus bunch   Prague (week), Kutna Hora (weekend), Czech Republic on Oct 7, 2005 22 pictures 0 comments
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  Week 6. In the medieval town where time stopped.   Prague (week), Ceske Budejovice / Cesky Krumlov (weekend), Czech Republic on Oct 14, 2005 22 pictures 0 comments
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  Week 7. Stories of sadness and courage.   Prague (week) / Terezín (weekend), Czech Republic on Oct 21, 2005 24 pictures 0 comments
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  Week 8. Of sad departures and embassy woes.   Prague, Nymburk (week) / Northern Moravia (weekend), Czech Republic on Oct 27, 2005 28 pictures 1 comment
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  Week 10. Polish wedding: Changing beer for wódka.   Wroclaw / Zielona Gora / Poznan / Czestochowa / Cracow, Poland on Nov 8, 2005 35 pictures 0 comments
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  Week 11. A nation of tragic stories, lovely people   Auschwitz / Lublin / K. Dolny / Zamosc / Warsaw / Wroclaw, Poland on Nov 16, 2005 36 pictures 0 comments
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  Week 12. Among the cobbled streets of Barcelona.   Barcelona, Spain on Nov 24, 2005 12 pictures 0 comments
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  Week 13. Home, sweet home and missing the road...   Paris, France on Dec 2, 2005 11 pictures 0 comments