Halloween 2022

Leoš had to go to Denmark for an American football game with the Czech National Team, so I decided to make myself busy.  I already knew I would be going to the Dia de los Muertos event, but I came across a Halloween party starting at 4pm that included a potluck at a bar.  I thought it would be nice to join a potluck and meet some new people.  The bar was quite close to Malostranske Namesti tram stop and we had a whole section to ourselves, it was great!  One woman I met worked in marketing for Lindt chocolate and she brought a LOT of chocolate.  At the end of the party, I took a lot of the chocolate with me because I knew I would be running into a lot of people.  I gave so much chocolate to kids that were dressed up in costume.  It was fun giving the chocolate away and putting a lot of smiles on people's faces. When I arrived to the Dia de los Muertos event, it was so crowded.  I had a really hard time finding my friend, but finally I managed to find her.  She won 2nd place in the costume contest.  Her face painting skills were on point! After hanging out at the event for over an hour we made our way to Old Town square to see the mariachi playing in the square.  Then we went to a bar to dance.  It was a really fun night and I enjoyed meeting everyone.  Looking forward to future events!

                                                     the BLOOD bags I made (gin and tonic)

                                                     spooky drink I got at the Halloween party

                                                            so much Lindt chocolate!!

                                                                        snacks people brought

                                                                            Belarus

                                                                                    USA  10,270

                                                                             Czech Republic

                                                                           Ukraine

                                                                                USA

                                                                               China

                                                               all of us that attended the party

                                                                            party cow!

                                                                        Jack-o-Lantern

                                                                            Georgia

                                                                            Hungary

                                                                        ladies playing Clue

                                                                        Hong Kong

                                                                            Lithuania

                                                                            England

                                                                               England  10,280

                                                                            Germany

                                                                  Dia de los Muertos Festival

                                                 my friend in her awesome Halloween costume!

                                                                    drinking our blood bags

                               I had to get a photo wearing her crown and drinking from the skull

                                              my friend wanted all the salted caramel Lindts

                                                          mariachi playing in Old Town Square

                                                                 bouncers in front of a club

                                                    of course I needed a photo with the guard

                                                                    on the dance floor

                                                                        pretty crowded!

                                                                        fun night out!

New Art on the John Lennon Wall

I didn't know that the John Lennon wall was repainted until I saw a news story mentioning that an inflatable replica of the John Lennon wall from Prague was on display in Paris.  I was a bit confused because the image looked completely different to what I remember the wall looked like.  I thought it looked quite interesting, so I wanted to see it for myself.  The wall was totally repainted in just one day by several artists from EU countries, along with Norway and Ukraine.  The theme for the wall right now is Freedom and Energy. It looks quite nice and I am curious to see how long it will take before tourists ruin the nice new paint. I think its quite cool that there is an inflatable replica that will be on display in several different countries around the EU.  Its a nice concept.

                                                        tiny mushroom growing in a tree bark

                                                                        cute tiny flowers

                                                      pictures of the artists who painted the wall

                                             lots of different artists were asked to paint the wall

                                                                    new art on the wall

                                      had to take a picture in front of the main focal point of the wall

                                                                     interesting art on the wall

                                                                    other side of the wall

                                                                           autumn leaves

                                                            Wallenstein garden was so beautiful

                                                            sun breaking through the clouds

Signal Festival (Prague, CZ)

Signal Festival this year started on a Thursday.  I had a super busy day, but I knew it would be best to go on Thursday because of how crowded it would get on the weekend.  We decided to go to the downtown part of the Signal Festival.  Even thought it was a Thursday night, it was still a bit crowded.  The exhibition I was surprised at the most was with the cars that were brought from the war in Ukraine.  No one died in the cars they brought over, but you can still see the destruction the cars went through.  The next installation we saw was at Narodni Divadlo.  On Thursday we saw 5 installations that we were able to walk to.  Then on Friday we started from Namesti Miru and saw the installations that were in Vinohrady. We made the best decision with starting at Namesti Miru and walked to the other installations because when we walked to the last installation we were able to get on the tram no problem.  Every stop up until Karolvo Namesti was crazy full with people.  It was a nice time and I am happy we were able to separate the festival into two nights. In the end over half a million people attended the festival!

                                                          information about one of the cars

                                                        you can see the bullet holes in the car......

                                                         last exhibition for Thursday night

                                                                exhibition at Namesti Miru

                                                                        next exhibition

                                                                        it was moving

                                                              close up of the lit up balloons

                                                                the "cloud" exhibition

                                                                 close up of the light bulbs

                                                               lots of people were enjoying it

                                                                      last exhibition we went to

                                                                        the tower was lit up

                                                                    trippy light installations

                                                  me with the glasses I bought at the festival