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Friday, November 22, 2019

Let's Talk the Expat Woman Life (Prague, CZ)

A friend of mine asked me if would help her organize talks in a space we would be able to use whenever we wanted to have talks, workshops, or screenings.  I told her I would help come up with some ideas and our first talk was on Wednesday.  The space was a bit confusing to find, but then it was fine.  Eight of us attended and we had some nice chats.  It was great to listen to everyone's story.  I'm looking forward to the next event.  After the event, my friend and I went to the Christmas market at Namesti Miru.  It was very beautiful.  Unfortunately most of the stalls were closed, except one stall selling hot wine, but then that stall closed too within 10 minutes.  Then we walked to Vaclav Namesti and unfortunately nothing was going on, but Muzeum looked nice. It was a nice night.

discussing ideas
Hungary
Czech Republic
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Namesti Miru
so beautiful!
yay!
the fountain looked nice

Monday, November 11, 2019

Cooking Club Prague Anniversary Event (Prague, CZ)

This past Sunday was the second anniversary for Cooking Club Prague.  The organizing committee  had to do a lot to prepare for it.  The founder, Kiky, did so much to make the event a huge success.  We were able to collect around 70kg of food which is equivalent to 300 meals.  I remember as a child we would have food drives at my school every November (because of Thanksgiving at the end of the month), so I came up with the idea for the food drive and it was worked out great!  Everyone brought such delicious dishes.  I was stuffed to the max and wasn't able to try everything.  I only decided the night before what I was going to make.  I heard that the previous year there were too many sweets and not enough savory dishes, so I waited until we had the list of what everyone was going to make. This year was opposite and there were so many more savory dishes than desserts, so I decided to make Brigadeiro, which is a Brazilian sweet.  While living in Chile my best friend was from Brazil and she taught me how to make them.  They were all eaten up which made me very happy because then I got to use the container to fill it up with other food to take home.  Thanks to all the sponsors for the numerous gifts that they provided for the event.  I was able to win a lot of great things.  I was on a dream team, RUBI (Romania, USA, Bangladesh, India), for the taste testing game.  In the final round we got everything correct!!!  Also I think everyone enjoyed the Kahoot game that I made because everyone got to be involved.  We forgot a couple things like a group picture and the anniversary cake, but overall it was a huge success.  Looking forward to the next event.  Thanks everyone!!!

the savory set up
the other half of the savory set up
dessert table
the set up







we forgot to take a group picture!
presentation from the food bank
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Italy
Italy
lunch time!
Indonesian dance
great performance
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Indonesia
winners for my Kahoot game
Cameroon
USA
cooking lesson
delicious!
Romania
Czech Republic
actually got to sit down for a little bit
taste testing game
the opponents
Romania
Indonesia
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
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India

Cambodia

Monday, November 4, 2019

Dia de los Muertos (Prague, CZ)

My friend invited me to join her for the Dia de los Muertos festivities in Prague that was happening on Saturday.  I had never celebrated it, so I was really looking forward to it.  I painted half my face for the event.  There were so many beautifully painted faces at the event.  I wish I took more photos of people.  However, the pictures I took were pretty great.  We listened to mariachis play and then we were part of a parade that went all the way to the Old Town Square.  It was quite funny to see the faces of tourists and locals as we were walking.  I am sure they were shocked at all the painted faces and live music that was walking down the street.  Then we went to Las Adelitas for the party in the restaurant.  It was quite fun and a great first time celebrating Dia de los Muertos. 

my face
the set up for Dia de los Muertos
another display inside the building
Viva Mexico
Russia
the first location
Russia  9890
Russia
painting up for auction
close up
Mexico
singing
mariachis
close up of the singer
beautiful
parade through the streets
front of the parade
so many people
Mexico
Colombia
Colombia
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