The other day, while dining at our favorite Swedish Restaurant in Prague (hint: it’s IKEA), our friend Bill dropped a bombshell. He probably didn’t think of it as a bombshell, and my wife, I suspect, would like to defuse it, but for me, it’s big. Just a real estate offer he saw that he thought I might be interested in.
Mind you, I still haven’t seen the place, or even pictures, but the description of it matches, in every detail, what I have long stated that I wanted for the school in the country: Multiple buildings, houses and barns, in a U shape with a courtyard, only 50 kilometers from Prague, in a tiny village of maybe 100 residents, already being used by a theater group, live-in caretaker who wants to stay on. We could start classes right away. And it’s only 2 million crowns.
Now, I still haven’t seen the place but if it’s as good as it sounds, 2million crowns is a bargain price. My wife flipped at the thought of selling our flat to buy it and I have to agree with her there. If we were to move out of Prague on a crazy business venture, we might never be able to afford to live in Prague again. But it’s still too good a price to pass up. We don’t actually have it, so we would have to either find partners or take out a mortgage. I’d hate to do that, but if it looks as good as it sounds, I would want to.
The other things is the partnership we’ve got going on with SPUSA. I don’t see any contradiction between the two projects, and maybe even if we manage to revive SPUSA’s economic situation, they’d be a good partner, but it’s a question of time.
I want this place, but I think we’ll need to act fast and there’s too much happening at once. Wish me luck.
www.gurukalehuru.com 
This sounds good, too. Good luck.