A Bit More Stationary

As aforementioned, I'm not taking any more trips before I leave the Czech Republic but I feel like I can't just stop blogging while I'm still in Europe so I'm offering an update on my latest experiences. They aren't as exotic but they have been pretty interesting. I'm going with bullet points.

• I had dinner earlier this week with my Czech lady friend and her family. It's been really wonderfult to get to know real Czechs like Dana. This last visit was nice, as always. However, it got off to a rather strange start. I entered the apartment and immediately heard the husband yell something from the next room in Czech. Dana explained that she was sorry, he didn't have on trousers. No problem. I'll just wait in the foyer until he can skip on over to his room and get on some pants. So I begin to take off my shoes as is Czech custom when entering a home only to have Mr. Chrtkov come up to say hello. No, he has not yet put on pants. And yes, he wears tighty whiteys. Good times in Czech land.
  
• Yesterday, I went to a concert. Not just any concert, though. A Beyonce concert. Shelby's flat buddy (who is Czech) asked me to go with him because he had an extra ticket from his job at a law firm. The concert was great although the only concert I've been to was for Josh Groban so maybe I'm not the best person to critique the performance. The funniest thing to me, though, was that we were served white wine (we were on the private party/exec/rich people level) and food through the entire thing. So we basically got really classy during a Beyonce concert. In Prague. It was also really humerous to see Beyonce try and get some audience participation. As I think I've mentioned before, Czech people are rather reserved people. So when she told them to dance, sing along, or to answer a question- the arena got pretty awkwardly quiet. Poor Beyonce. Also poor Oto (Czech buddy) who didn't know a single Beyonce song/ who she really was. He had to sit beside my overly enthusiastic self the whole time.
  
• We also had another interesting adventure last night. Apparently the last day of April is always Witch Burning Day in the Republic. Yes, you read that correctly. They celebrate the fact that they used to burn innocent women by burning fake "witches" in these huge bonfires all over town. I pointed out to Oto that this was just a teeny bit strange to which he replied, "I've never really thought about it that way... it is very weird that we celebrate something we should be ashamed of. Oh well, we get the day off from work." Classic Czech response. Anyway, Oto insists on me and some of my friends seeing one of these bonfires. Turns out, these double as underground raves in the middle of dark parks near the castle wall. Our instructions as we enter, "If the police come, please run away. Go ahead and make a meeting point so that you can scatter." In an unlit park.
  

Those are the highlights for the week. 2 weeks left.