What a blessing to celebrate a safe and cozy Christmas here in the Czech Republic! The Czechs do it up right, spreading their holiday over three days.
We 4 Americans started Dec. 24 early with a trip to Kampa Island with our family friends, Jonasgang, to watch carp get released into the Vltava River. It's traditional to buy carp for Christmas dinner but save one in the bathtub until release time, which represents a gift of hope and freedom in the new year.
Our pics from Christmas Day will take a while to post; we're in Barcelona now with very limited internet and will be posting updates with an iPhone. Anyhoooo... Happy Holidays, peace, love and blessings!!!
We 4 Americans started Dec. 24 early with a trip to Kampa Island with our family friends, Jonasgang, to watch carp get released into the Vltava River. It's traditional to buy carp for Christmas dinner but save one in the bathtub until release time, which represents a gift of hope and freedom in the new year.
After watching the carp festivities, we walked the length of Kampa, stopping for hot drinks and collecting a larger and larger group of Jonasgang friends. There were loads of people out chatting and celebrating over mulled wine and sausages. Dogs, too!
ER took Cousin Lv and Seahawks on a detour to the Lennon Wall, which was nearby. Peace!
And then we joined back up with everyone for lunch at Olympia, an iconic Czech place. We ate so much that we only had soup for dinner later on.
To work off all that meat, we took Cousin Lv and Seahawk on the funicular up Petrin Hill and then walked back down- without leaves on the trees, the views were incredible! J got really muddy on the walk, so BW rinsed her off in a bathroom sink before church.
We attended Faith Community for the Christmas Eve service; it was lovely!
To cap off the day, we took one last walk through Old Town Square and headed home for soup and Scrabble :)
Our pics from Christmas Day will take a while to post; we're in Barcelona now with very limited internet and will be posting updates with an iPhone. Anyhoooo... Happy Holidays, peace, love and blessings!!!
