On Saturday I went with another of my czech co-workers, Pavlina, to her village where they were having a small Carnaval celebration. In the small town square, the celebration consisted of a stand selling slivovice (plum brandy, pronounced sliv0-vits-uh), and a few young men from the town dressed as nurses, Vietnamese ladies and a bear. After I snapped a few shots of these festivities and had a drink with the mayor (Pavlina's dad), we walked to Pavlina's aunts house where they gave me beer and fed us delicious koblihys (Czech jelly doughnuts) straight from the deep fryer. In the evening, we picked up Matt and went to the fireman's ball. For Matt and I it was kinda boring because we don't dance and no one spoke english but it was neat to see because they had a live band that was playing everything from polka to 80's songs that I've never heard of to Czech rock songs.
Pavlina
koblhys
2 comments:
Why the bear? Did it have something to do with the nurses and the soldiers? Those donuts look yummy. Did Pavlina's family make them?
Hi Joel,
Congratulations on your graduation from UC! What a great idea to travel to Europe now. Looks like you're getting an eye and camera full of wonderful experiences. Lou & I were in Prague in '02 and enjoyed it muchly.
Hope that you find teaching English is uplifting and fun. We have some friends here who did that in Saudi and made much money in 80s & 90s.
All best wishes for a delightful time,
Bruce & Lou Stewart
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