Departure

These jubilee celebrations are affecting my head. When we were making the poster, emailing it back and forth to Krumlov, I found it really hard to work out what accent went where. Even when I had worked out where the Czech keyboard was on the computer (system preferences : international) getting the hang of the lettering was tough. 
Once we were in the Czech republic it all became clear. All those crowns on top of the letters, lovely. Made me happy all day to see them. They are háček in Czech or carons in unicode. Sparrows in children's cartoon books. They indicate a rise in tone on the second part of the letter. 

Potentially useful in English, especially the questioning tone of Mid Atlantic pronunciation. They could spice up the radio times and bill boards with a few well chosen accents here and there. Introduce The Caron Now.
Our last day in Cesky Krumlov, twelve hours of travelling ahead. Getting on and off trains is tricky, particularly with heaps of costumes, speakers, instruments, tools and other bags. It seems to get trickier the further East you travel. By the time you get to the Czech Republic you have to make a dash across other railway tracks and clamber up dangling steps set at neck height. Makes me think that Anna K's death might have been an accident after all. A Health and Safety nightmare that somehow dredges up lost memories from my sub conscience/TV viewing past.