germany mountains

We arrived back in the U.S. on Saturday night and stayed over night in NJ. Sunday morning we left NJ for RI.

We had an amazing time on this trip! Czech Republic is a beautiful country full of culture and history. Sadly, two weeks was not nearly enough time to dive into all that Czech Republic has to offer. When we left Czech Republic on New Years day and traveled into Germany we were sad to be leaving Czech. It will be a time to remember for both Jess and I.

Our favorite city in Czech Republic was Olomouc. Olomouc has so much style with its old buildings and more than enough Gothic churches. The people were unique and friendly and the city just felt cozy, considering it was only 19 degrees Fahrenheit there.

Our favorite place in Czech Republic overall was Loket. Loket was this cute village with a castle situated in the forest and mountains. Total Zelda experience! I was compelled to find the Master Sword.

germany mountains
germany mountains
germany mountains
germany mountains
germany mountains
germany mountains
germany mountains

Germany Apparently Wants to Copy Rest of World, Measure Happiness

A view from Munich. From Geographic Guide.

According to this story from The Swedish Wire, Germany may join fellow bandwagon members Britain, France, and Canada in measuring Gross National Happiness. Speaker of parliament Norbert Lammert led the happiness committee, which will give its recommendations two-and-a-half years from now. They are considering a method that would survey quality of life along with GDP.

As many of you probably know by now, Bhutan has been the trend setter when it comes to happiness measures. They've measured Gross National Happiness since 1972, an unorthodox choice for a developing country. In the past few months, we've seen a flurry of countries start to think about national happiness measures for some reason. Why are they starting now? I have no idea, but maybe the economic depression has something to do with it.

Take a look at my Gross National Happiness tag for the most recent happenings on this topic.