Halloween and the excitement of life!

So, a little update on life and whatnot in the Czech Republic. As many of you had the pleasure of experiencing a week ago, Halloween was upon us, and even in Czech Republic, there is no rest for the weary. Though, the weary here had things a little bit different than some of you may think. We don't celebrate Halloween over here in Europe, but I sure as heck tried to cram as much down their scrawny little throats about Halloween and American traditions and even the history ofHalloween (of which I learned much about!). Who of you knew that Halloween came from the combining influences of the Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-en), the Roman holiday of Pomona Day, and the Christian holiday of All Saints' Day. Anyways, this was just a little taste of what I threw towards my Czech students. But alas, though my students have heard of Halloween, none of them really showed a passion for what we in America know as the "Black New Years". So, they thought it was interesting, the whole "trick-or-treating" thing and the whole ordeal with Jack-o-lanterns. It was a mild amount of entertainment for all. Excitement was flowing throughout the streets of Kralupy. We now have a group of more intelligent Czechs who can carry out the tradition of Halloween for ages to come.

Anyways, next up seems to be Thanksgiving, anyone have any ideas as to how I should turn these mild-mannered teens into turkey-gobblin freakazoids? They're gonna have stuffing coming out of their ears when I get through with them. Bring out the cranberries sir, cuz Thanksgiving is gonna rock the vote (or as Czech's would say "rock the wote" haha) They can't pronounce "v"s. It's probably the funniest thing ever. They talk about wegetables, going to their willage house, having curly and wawy hair, um... they have to have a wisa to travel, things like this. You think of a v-word, and it's funny. Enjoy everything, talk to you all later. Leave me a message or email me. I love it. Peace out. Til next time.