Hi, this is Etienne again. I’m writing about Tuesday, the second day of our study tour. That day was very interesting! The first place we visited was called TOKO, and they repair large farm equipment at their shop or on the spot at the farm. Toko is a multi-purpose business owning a juice making company called Ovocnak, and vending machines that work with farmers to sell milk at lower prices. After visiting TOKO our group visited a sustainable village. The main source of income at the sustainable village was the cider they make and sell. They also have a pre- school; snake house, orchard, and use sawdust from their local mill to power the pre-school.
While the group was exploring the sustainable village, we were getting a new bus. The night before and in the morning the bus was smoking all over the place, and spilling water on the ground every time we would stop. We eventually got a new bus allowing us to leave for our next stop around 3. After several hours, our group arrived at a hotel which was in Northern Moravia near Poland. This area is where our group went hiking the next day. The hotel we stayed at was kind of creepy since it was in the mountains with the smog slowly creeping up, and nobody else was there except us, and the hotel staff. It kind of reminded us of the movie The Shining. But, overall I think this day of the study tour was a success!
