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Sunday, January 1, 2023

Happy New Year!! 2023!!!

It's been a while since we have been able to properly celebrate New Years, so this year I made sure that we went somewhere to celebrate.  All the restaurants and clubs that were having special events wanted a pretty penny for those attending. Luckily, my friend was invited to a small private event where she could invite some friends, so we joined her for that.  Before making our way out to the party we decided to go for a walk around the city because the weather was so nice.  There were some trees and plants that were starting to blossom because they were confused with the temperatures. It got up to 17C in the city and the low temperature in the evening was 11C! Leos had been wanting to go a restaurant known for their fried cheese, so we finally were able to go there.  Dinner was great.  Then we made our way to the parties.  They were quite fun and it was a great opportunity for me to finally wear a champagne dress I bought a few years ago.  Happy New Year everyone! I hope its full of happiness and health!

                                                                    old, wooden carousel
blossoming flowers!



                                        fried mushrooms with blue cheese and "Mexican potatoes"
fried cheese
                                                                            cheers!


                                                                  sparklers for the New Year

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                                                        had to take a picture with mini me

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Christmas Market in Old Town Square

After recovering from the stomach flu I was able to meet with my friend and go to the Christmas market in Old Town Square.  It was so crowded!!! The prices were ridiculous and geared toward tourists.  I couldn't believe that they were selling small Christmas cookies for 20czk each.  The next day I went back to the market at night so I could properly see the Christmas lights.  Afterwards Leos and I went for dinner that included some nice grilled meat. 

                                                                    view from the cafe
                                                                another viewpoint
Christmas market
                                                                  20czk for 1 SMALL cookie

                                                            starting our walk in Petrin

                               long line to the library because of a viral video of the book tunnel







                                                                            meal for two

Saturday, December 24, 2022

White Christmas (Trebic, CZ)

This year we decided to spend Christmas with Leos's family in Trebic.  We left Prague Thursday afternoon and when we were arriving into the city I was able to see all the beautiful Christmas lights. I checked the weather forecast and it looked quite warm the next day.  I told Leos that I wanted to see the Christmas lights with the snow before it all melted. We went around the city and I took a lot of photos because I wanted to have photos of a "white" Christmas.  It has been quite some time since there has been a white Christmas.  The next day the snow was still around, so we went for a nice walk in nature.  It was great to be in the snow because all the snow in Prague and Ricany had already melted.  For Christmas we had carp and potato salad.  The night of 24th to morning of 25th was terrible because we caught the stomach flu that Leos's parents had.  The day of 25th I was in bed all day with muscle pain because my body was fighting the virus. Night of 25th I sweat through 3 t-shirts. Morning of 26th I threw up and then we went back to Prague.  Up until evening of 24th was great.  It was nice to have a "white" Christmas even though it wasn't that full of snow. 

                                                                brownies I made
























                                                                    can I win 30,000czk?!!
                                                            nope, just 20 and 50czk













                                                                        my ice wand!    
                                                             random icicle hanging from the tree

"white" Christmas