Yup..
In Prague over the next few days there are two days of interest...
Witches day & Independance day.
Hope Bat enojoys...
Happy 'Witches' Day & Independance day BAT.
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IRiSHMaFIA
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Wife traveled light & only has her media player (30 gigs of music & movies... ohh & 3 series of QI)
Mother in law has a camera but she's a naff when it comes to shots
Maybe I can edit her fingers out the pics...
A quick google of witches day prague will tell you all about the celebrations...
I had asked BAT months ago if his 'taxi service' was available... hope all was smooth, have yet to hear from anybody in Prague yet.
Mother in law has a camera but she's a naff when it comes to shots
Maybe I can edit her fingers out the pics...
A quick google of witches day prague will tell you all about the celebrations...
I had asked BAT months ago if his 'taxi service' was available... hope all was smooth, have yet to hear from anybody in Prague yet.
Having a hell of a time trying to reach the hotel room...
or get past the front desk for that matter.
Earlier when I called the front desk I was able to get the room, however they were not there...
Now, for the past 30 min.s I call & am constantly being 'hung up on' by a guy on the front desk....
It's getting a bit frustrating... emailing the said hotel just gets bounced back...
I ended up sending an email to their sister hotel in Prague & one to their flagship & CEO in London with a letter of disgust & complaint.
(great thing google search, find all sorts of peoples wmail addresses & numbers when you know how)
They have had a hell of a flight schedule, left DC yesterday around 1PM... stuck in Germany for 5 hours & onto Prague, that & my wife's hate of flying (gods help whoever sat next to her as I still have scars on my hand from a few years ago) & I think guiness is the last thing on their minds lol.
or get past the front desk for that matter.
Earlier when I called the front desk I was able to get the room, however they were not there...
Now, for the past 30 min.s I call & am constantly being 'hung up on' by a guy on the front desk....
It's getting a bit frustrating... emailing the said hotel just gets bounced back...
I ended up sending an email to their sister hotel in Prague & one to their flagship & CEO in London with a letter of disgust & complaint.
(great thing google search, find all sorts of peoples wmail addresses & numbers when you know how)
LOLGuinness shops
They have had a hell of a flight schedule, left DC yesterday around 1PM... stuck in Germany for 5 hours & onto Prague, that & my wife's hate of flying (gods help whoever sat next to her as I still have scars on my hand from a few years ago) & I think guiness is the last thing on their minds lol.
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Fuck sake, I missed this post completely until today.
"Independence Day"?. No, if you are referring to May the 8th. It is the day the 2nd world war finished in Czechoslovakia (as it was then). Independence from the Germans and straight into Communism.....hmmmmmmm. Anyway.....
Witches day is the 30th of April. I don't know much about it but here's a wee history of it................Burning of the witches
It is connected to St. Philip and Jacob´s Day and also Valpruza´s Night from the 30th of April to the 1st of May, which is supposedly one of the magical nights when evil forces have greater power that at other times. At midnight before St. Phillip and Jacob´s Day, when evil spirits had the power to harm people, abundant treasures could be found. In order to protect themselves from the spirits, the searchers had to have on them a flower from a fern, a blessed chalk, a wafer and other objects. People believed that masses of witches were flying in the air, and came swooping down on the Sabbath. This is where the name burning of the witches comes from. Before this Sabbath the witches coated themselves in magic creams, which enabled them to fly. Fires were lit on high ground as protection against the witches. These fires have an ancient origin in some places. As time went by these fires turned into the burning of the witches, when young people set fire to brooms and through them into the air, supposedly so that the witches flying on their broomsticks up above would see them.
"Independence Day"?. No, if you are referring to May the 8th. It is the day the 2nd world war finished in Czechoslovakia (as it was then). Independence from the Germans and straight into Communism.....hmmmmmmm. Anyway.....
Witches day is the 30th of April. I don't know much about it but here's a wee history of it................Burning of the witches
It is connected to St. Philip and Jacob´s Day and also Valpruza´s Night from the 30th of April to the 1st of May, which is supposedly one of the magical nights when evil forces have greater power that at other times. At midnight before St. Phillip and Jacob´s Day, when evil spirits had the power to harm people, abundant treasures could be found. In order to protect themselves from the spirits, the searchers had to have on them a flower from a fern, a blessed chalk, a wafer and other objects. People believed that masses of witches were flying in the air, and came swooping down on the Sabbath. This is where the name burning of the witches comes from. Before this Sabbath the witches coated themselves in magic creams, which enabled them to fly. Fires were lit on high ground as protection against the witches. These fires have an ancient origin in some places. As time went by these fires turned into the burning of the witches, when young people set fire to brooms and through them into the air, supposedly so that the witches flying on their broomsticks up above would see them.