17.9.10
Park(ing) Day 2010
Mike showed me this today and we thought it was a cool thing that people were doing to "re-claim" the streets. It's happening today, all over the world. So if you miss it, think about it for next year...
14.9.10
Mom & Dad
Before we had made the decision to come to Prague for 2 years, my parents had already booked and planned a trip to Africa. Sooo... what else can you do but change your flights and come to Prague for a bit too!!
They were here for a week and we took them all over Prague and did a road trip to Rothenburg, Germany for a day. We had a great time with them, checking out the little walled city of Rothenburg, looking through antique shops, showing off Prague and hearing all about their trip to Africa, over a cup of tea. Every night we went through a handful of their African photos. Took us the entire week to get through all of them, but looking at photos of orphaned elephants is *haaardly* tiresome!
It was a fantastic and relaxing time! Too short, but very, very sweet.
Loves. Leah
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They were here for a week and we took them all over Prague and did a road trip to Rothenburg, Germany for a day. We had a great time with them, checking out the little walled city of Rothenburg, looking through antique shops, showing off Prague and hearing all about their trip to Africa, over a cup of tea. Every night we went through a handful of their African photos. Took us the entire week to get through all of them, but looking at photos of orphaned elephants is *haaardly* tiresome!
It was a fantastic and relaxing time! Too short, but very, very sweet.
Loves. Leah
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| 13-19.02.10 Mom & Dad's visit |
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13.9.10
www.toothpastefordinner.com
But I really cant complain. I start working part time this week. Whoo hoo!
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5.9.10
Shereen and Chris
Our dear friends, Shereen and Chris came to visit us at the beginning of February. She was on her way to India, for a school practicum and Chris was able to take off some time at work and they were here! We got to spend a solid week and a half with them. In Berlin and Prague. They took a week off from us in the middle to go to Italy, because my parents came for a week over that time too. It was great to see them and catch up and just be together. We had some great experiences over that time, which included seeing a band that we love, finding delicious little restaurants, and shopping in the coolest market in Berlin. And mostly I cherish the time we talked and played games and just did the stupid things that we always did at home together. Miss you guys!
Loves. Leah
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Loves. Leah
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| 10-27.02.10 Chris & Shereen's visit |
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Canary Islands, Spain
After Christmas, Mike and I needed some sun. So off to the Canary Islands! We didnt swim or surf as much as we thought we would, due to the harsh volcanic terrain, but we got some sun and rode bicycles and relaxed and ate a ton of seafood. It was lovely. And then 2 days before we were supposed to head home (through London) the "big freeze" was happening in the UK and they started shutting down the airports. Ugh. So I was a bit stressed and our flight was cancelled the night before we were supposed to leave. But God works in mysterious ways and I was still able to buy a different flight to get us to London, AT the same time, CLOSER to the hotel we booked and after I got reimbursed for the cancelled flight, CHEAPER than the initial flights. Phew! So we got home safe and sound and had a great New Years!
Loves Leah
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Loves Leah
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| 27.12.09-08.01.10 Canary Islands |
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4.9.10
We were in Prague for the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. Also, some of the teachers at school started a band and played at a mexican restuarant. Here are the random photos of those events.
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| 15-27.11.09 Velvet Revolution Day & Banditos |
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Christmas time in Prague
We got back from our Salzburg / Cesky Krumlov adventure on the 21st of December (sidenote: Happy Birthday Tina!!) just in time for the last showing of "The Nutcracker" at Narodni Divadlo (aka The National Theatre). It was the first time Mike and I had been to the theatre too and it was gorgeous! Everything. The theatre... the ballet... it was breathtaking. It was a great way to get into the Christmas season and we felt so cultured ;)
One of the odd (in my opinion..) Czech Christmas traditions is carp. Carp is their big Christmas dinner. And how they go about this is they will typically go to the grocery store, where they will have large tanks set up with massive carp swimming around, pick which one they want, and either a. have it killed and bring it home for Christmas or b. buy it a couple days before, fill up your bathtub with water and let it swim around for a couple days until you want to eat it. Ew. My friend Pavlina, remembers playing with this carp in the tub when she was a little girl. Naming it... Then its Christmas dinner.
Christmas in Prague is beautiful. Especially when you get to show it off to your family. The reaction you get from people who haven't been to the city, always reminds you not to take the beauty of Prague for granted.
We did not have carp for our Christmas dinner. Christmas eve we stuffed a chicken, had some veg and potatoes, made some appies, and celebrated. Pretty late in the evening, we started to hear some music outside our building. We looked and it turns out that a group had gathered in the grassy little nativity area and were singing carols. Even though we couldn't understand what they were saying, it was really nice to join them for a bit and listen.
Christmas morning, Mike and I opened our stockings that my mom and dad had sent for us. Now, stockings in the Krueger household are the highlight of Christmas morning. There is always amazing little goodies that you never knew you needed and always a lot that just make you smile. All of us "kids", (all late 20's and 6 total since we got married) sit around and open all the individually wrapped treasures in pure excitement. And no, that is not an exaggeration. We truly, truly get psyched for our stockings. And I'm not sure if we'll ever let mom stop the stocking tradition. (She's been trying for the last 10 years...) So it was a little sad for me not to be with my family on Christmas morning, and there might have been a couple small tears, but it was great to have a little piece of home.
We headed into the city on Christmas day, not sure what would be open and kind of hoping it would be quiet, but much to our surprise, tourists everywhere!! I guess we really should have expected it. Everything was open and in full force. We came home in the eve, when it got too cold, and I was able to skype my family in time for their Christmas morning.
All in all, an excellent Christmas in Prague.
Loves. Leah
One of the odd (in my opinion..) Czech Christmas traditions is carp. Carp is their big Christmas dinner. And how they go about this is they will typically go to the grocery store, where they will have large tanks set up with massive carp swimming around, pick which one they want, and either a. have it killed and bring it home for Christmas or b. buy it a couple days before, fill up your bathtub with water and let it swim around for a couple days until you want to eat it. Ew. My friend Pavlina, remembers playing with this carp in the tub when she was a little girl. Naming it... Then its Christmas dinner.
Christmas in Prague is beautiful. Especially when you get to show it off to your family. The reaction you get from people who haven't been to the city, always reminds you not to take the beauty of Prague for granted.
We did not have carp for our Christmas dinner. Christmas eve we stuffed a chicken, had some veg and potatoes, made some appies, and celebrated. Pretty late in the evening, we started to hear some music outside our building. We looked and it turns out that a group had gathered in the grassy little nativity area and were singing carols. Even though we couldn't understand what they were saying, it was really nice to join them for a bit and listen.
Christmas morning, Mike and I opened our stockings that my mom and dad had sent for us. Now, stockings in the Krueger household are the highlight of Christmas morning. There is always amazing little goodies that you never knew you needed and always a lot that just make you smile. All of us "kids", (all late 20's and 6 total since we got married) sit around and open all the individually wrapped treasures in pure excitement. And no, that is not an exaggeration. We truly, truly get psyched for our stockings. And I'm not sure if we'll ever let mom stop the stocking tradition. (She's been trying for the last 10 years...) So it was a little sad for me not to be with my family on Christmas morning, and there might have been a couple small tears, but it was great to have a little piece of home.
We headed into the city on Christmas day, not sure what would be open and kind of hoping it would be quiet, but much to our surprise, tourists everywhere!! I guess we really should have expected it. Everything was open and in full force. We came home in the eve, when it got too cold, and I was able to skype my family in time for their Christmas morning.
All in all, an excellent Christmas in Prague.
Loves. Leah
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| 21-27.12.09 Christmas Time in Prague |
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