Eclipse

There was a solar eclipse in Europe of August 12th 2026.  We didn't have the proper glasses to watch the eclipse, so Leos decided to make a contraption to look at the eclipse.  When we arrived at Ladronka park, there were so many people and several people had the same type of contraption.  We were there for over an hour and exactly at the time when it should be a total eclipse, the sun was behind some trees in the distance so we couldn't see it properly.  It was such a disappointment, but at least we tried to watch it.  Next time we'll need to be in a more elevated area and hopefully it also will not be during sunset. Even though we didn't get to really see the eclipse, we had fun.  

Vitkov Hill

The plans I had for the day fell through so Leos and I spontaneously decided to do some random things for the day.  First we went to a brand new brunch spot that I had a tastetown deal.  It was pretty good and it was very impressive that the entire place was full considering they had only opened the week before.  Then we walked up Vitkov hill.  We went up some pretty steep stairs which was pretty exhausting considering we had the stroller and Amaya.  It was a good work out after the brunch though.  We had never been inside the museum and I think I heard a while back that it was free to enter, so we went in.  It was quite impressive and the view from the very top was great! Then to finish the day off, we went to a blueberry field to pick up 2.5 kilos.  This was our 7th year getting blueberries from them.  I thought I had missed the season, but luckily we were able to get blueberries from them on their last day of the season!  It was a wonderful spontaneous Sunday!

                                          Vietnamese coffee and jasmine tea with green grape

                                                                these stairs were so steep

                                                    Preseidential room

                                                        soooooo good!

Kunsthalle and Peacocks

Kunsthalle had a new exhibition, so I thought it would be nice to check it out.  There was one section of the exhibition that was pretty interesting to watch.  Luckily it wasn't crowded and it was really easy to navigate the stroller.  After we were done with the exhibition, we went to the peacock park.  I have been many times with Amaya, but two new things happened.  The first thing is that I FINALLY found a peacock feather on my own (a friend had given me one she found a month ago, which was super nice of her) and it was quite nice and the second is that I saw a peahen lift its feathers.  I had never seen a peahen do that.  The peacocks do it to impress the females and it seems the peahens do it when they are annoyed or angry.  The peahen did it because there were several pigeons near her and I think she wanted to scare them by making herself bigger.  The pigeons didn't care!  It was a wonderful way to spend the day!

                                                from Amaya's perspective 

                                 the tree was not painted on the wall, but its pieces of paper!!!!

                                                                they made an office!

                                                        the peachicks are getting bigger

                                                                        FINALLY!!!!

                                                                cuties!