The Kafka Project has landed in Bedzin, in Upper Silesia (which is actually south and east of Lower Silesia). Byron and I are staying at a small, two-star hotel (one of only three hotels in town) across the Przemsza river from the 14^th century castle, the symbol of Bedzin, which is celebrating its 650^th anniversary this year.

It is a coincidence that we are here since we weren't planning to come back after the Magical Mystery Literary Tour made a quick stop on our journey between Prague and Krakow. But maybe it's not such a coincidence. On our first morning, when I looked out the window, a van with the number 108 was parked outside.

The Kafka Project is the talk of the town. The media attention we've been getting has been breathtaking. In all, I have been interviewed for Lidove Noviny and Mlada Fronta, the two largest daily newspapers, two radio stations, and two literary magazines, A2 and Respekt, and one more interview is scheduled for later today. Tonight at 7:30 p.m., at the Museum of Charles Bridge, I'm giving a talk about Dora Diamant's life after Kafka's death in 1924, and about the Kafka Project's efforts to discover Kafka's missing literary treasure.  

I've been so occupied that I haven't written the update on the Magical Mystery Literary History Tour-the Dora Group, as they have dubbed themselves. But all is not lost. Byron is here.