November 24, 2006

I've been sitting on my contentedly lazy ass in Prague for the last two weeks. Time has become a very strange concept daylight only lasts from around 800430 leaving 15h of darkness. I wake at 9am enjoy the light till 4pm sleep till 8pm enjoy the nighttill 4am then sleep till 9am.. It's two days in oneAs...  

Third season of the very successful dance night Transmission starts this Saturday in the large area of T-Mobile Arena. The show has a subtitle Universal Energy and is devoted to the space.  

Flemish dancer and choreographer Anna Teresa de Keersmaeker is said to be the most influential personality showing new dance directions. She is coming after a long time to the stage as a dancer. De Keersmaeker will perform in Prague with her exclusive solo performance Once.  

Dolls were popular in old Egypt and even nowadays there are still a part of our (especially women’s) childhood. A new exhibition in City of Prague Museum in Florenc shows more then 600 models of dolls made from the second half of 19th century to the 50’s of 20th century.  

The Christmas market on Peace Square (Náměstí Míru) opened on Monday.  I dropped by a couple of days ago and was surprised to see how busy it was.  Shoppers were finding lots of dárky and doplňky, along with the usual market staples of medovina, svařené víno, and trdelník. Tomorrow, the Christmas...  

We experienced our first Thanksgiving meal, with our Colorado friends(both Michele & Brians family and Paul & Chris' family), plates bursting at the seams with turkey, mashed potatoes and pumpkin, Cranberry chutney and cranberries, beans, carrots, normal stuffing and a cornmeal/blueberry stuffing, I can't...