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Monday, March 28, 2022

Master Chef Ukraine

I read an article stating that the winner of Master Chef Ukraine, Olga Martynovska, fled to Prague during the Russian invasion and would be cooking at naplavka to raise money for refugees.  I really wanted to try her food, so we decided to go.  It was a beautiful day and there were soooo many people at naplavka.  The line for her stand was very very long.  I stood in line for a while, but then I was a bit worried that there wouldn't be any borscht left so I went to the front to check and then realized I could just buy the soup and not wait in line.  The soup was delicious!  I saw that many people were taking photos with Olga, so I decided to wait until I would be able to do so as well.  She was very nice and even wore my glasses for my blog.  The weather was so nice so we decided to walk around and found the beautiful cherry blossoms in Petrin.  Then we came across a Hanami event near the castle.  There were just a few Japanese people, but so many Czechs embracing Japanese culture.  We saw people cutting bamboo with a katana sword and then samurais play fighting. It was quite interesting to see.  Then we went for some delicious Vietnamese food.  It was a great day.

                                                                such a long line for her stand
                                                                    delicious borscht
                                                                            Ukraine 10, 221















                                                                people wearing Japanese clothes










                                                                    delicious Vietnamese food
                                                                so much cream for the cake



                                                                        nice origami in a tree
                                                                            busy bee

Friday, March 18, 2022

Kutaisi

I went to Didube metro station to take a marshrutka to Kutaisi.  It was a 4 hour ride and luckily when I got to Kutaisi, it wasn't snowing.  I walked all over the city and enjoyed the views from the church.  I went to the Green Bazar and was able to haggle in Georgian.  I needed to wake up super early in the morning so I decided to have an early day.  It started snowing in the evening and continued snowing until I woke up for my flight.  However the snow didn't stick and melted once it hit the ground.  I was very happy to be able to catch my flight to Praha without any problems.  My visit to Georgia was nice, but I was soooo happy to get back to Praha with much better weather and availability of choices.  Thank you to those who gave me such wonderful gifts and it was great to have reunions with everyone!  Until next time!

                                                              stop on the way to Kutaisi
                                                                                toilet!
Kutaisi













                                                    men singing in the Green Bazaar















leaving rainy/snowy Kutaisi
blue skies
                                                                    arriving back into CZ
all the presents I received
                                                                        huge fruit leather!!