A journey undertaken in memory of Czech author Jaroslav Hašek, creator of the satirical masterpiece "The Good Soldier Švejk". This famous novel, which has been translated into 58 languages, is a biting satire, replete with historical, literary and geographical references, a textbook in a number of subjects. It is most of all a stinging attack on human stupidity in the guise of political, military, or clerical authority.
He experienced the horrors of two wars and during this time he also covered an immense geographical area. The trip described in this blog is an attempt to retrace his steps from Prague across the Eurasian continent to beyond Lake Baikal in Siberia. The first part of the trip will follow the precisely described route of Josef Švejk , Hašek's inspired literary creation. I left home on April 30 2010 and was back on October 29.