May 20 - day 1 of 2nd tour.

Amanda met us in the lobby of the Hotel Zlaty Lev and we whisked her off to a button factory for a quick look at stock to purchase while J-Me placed a production order for an exclusive line of lion head buttons.

 Here is the oven where the buttons are put into after they are painted. This helps keep the paint from coming off. 

Then a stop at a warehouse to purchase beads which mainly specializes in 2 holes and unusual coatings.

We left there and headed up to the Polish border to Desna to check out art nouveau perfume bottles, vases and other glassware made by PreciosaOrnela. The selection seemed to be sparse with mainly crystal colors available in only a few styles, but we were still able to find some uranium glass and alexanderite color vases to purchase.

On the way back into Jablonec we stopped at the Glass Unicum in Smrzovka for a quick look around and made some nice discoveries by local artists in the town.

 Hand painted glass nail files

 hand painted very large beads-  We love these!

By the time we arrived at the gypsy warehouse it was 4 o'clock. This warehouse closes at 4 o'clock but for us they stayed open so we could shop. By 5:30pm we were just getting warmed up. Even J-me, who had shopped here just a couple of days before, was finding stuff to add to our stash. Amanda declared that this was the best shop she had been to so far, and would only leave if we came back in the morning.

Dinner in the cave with a recap on the days shopping for the benefit of Amanda's husband who had played golf all day.

Amanda smiled all through dinner and couldn't wait to start in again in the morning.