More than grandma’s goulash
by Marlys Lindenmuth Czechoslovakia, a country dissolved in 1992 to become the nations the Czech Republic and Slovakia, is known as an Eastern European region of green rolling hills covered by spruce, oak and pine trees. Czechs love each of the four seasons from the full flush of spring bulbs popping out of the ground to the cold frosts of winter, all of which makes it so different from California. Though with no access to the sea, there are still great mountains, green, lush valleys to explore, a place of careful land management where trees are harvested every 150 years, where centuries old castles punctuate the landscape. Roman ruins are still here, and even more ancient artifacts continue to be uncovered through casual diggings. As a Czech couple, long time residents of Palos Verdes Estates Carole Kopecek and her husband Jerry have visited their homeland often. They visited when Czechoslovakia was occupied by the Soviets. Most of us in the U.S. do not realize how much such visits into a Soviet State helped the morale of the locals. The relatives they visited lived from Prague to Brno to Prelouc. When visiting, Carole always offers to help, and often takes over all meal…
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