the weather has turned wet as we leave south Bohemia for Moravia... |
...but we like this kind of atmosphere |
after a few hours' drive, we reach Kuklík, where Jay's great-grandmother Karolína Chvála was born |
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on the main road, it doesn't take long to pass thru town... |
...and then double back |
off the main road, the village gets interesting; here's a house where Kuklík #32 used to stand |
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nearby, a creek wanders through the village |
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continuing on, we reach the area where Kuklík #53 would have been... |
...and another Chvála residence |
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(we're still working on a translation for this) |
then further out, somewhere here would have stood Kuklík #71, an earlier Chvála home |
these roads connect Kuklík to some tiny villages... |
...as well as to a variety of woodlands |
here's one of the local industries: lumber |
now we're in Sněžné, the parish center for Kuklík |
here's the Catholic church, recently repaired after damage during Communist times |
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the organ has also been restored |
a kind construction worker has offered to help us get info about Kuklík... |
...and he locates someone who will ask her grandmother next week about Kuklík history |
then we drive to the cemetery nearby... |
...and look for names |
plenty of Sláma families here... |
...even from Kuklík... |
...but we can't know yet if any are related |
then we're off to Lísek, an earlier (possible) family town |
it's in a nice setting on grassy hills |
this was a parish center... |
...so served a number of nearby villages... |
...and has the parish cemetery (no family names here) |
then we head off thru Bohuňov... |
...and on to Janovičky... |
...another possible family-related village |
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then it's time to head south for the night |
we bid this part of Moravia farewell... |
...but plan to return after more research |