For some reason I am not able to download videos onto my blog...I have no idea what has happened to my brain rendering me incapable of accomplishing something that mere months ago I was able to do without thinking. Maybe it is the Czech culture slowly eating away at my brain and causing some sort of early onset dementia...I don't know. But, for those of you inclined to watch videos of our experiences here in CZ please go to http://www.youtube.com/my_videos

This dance was nigh incomprehensible. A girl and a boy dance together while suspending a ball between their foreheads. They may not touch the ball. If the ball falls they are out. They danced to a Czech version of "Staying Alive" by the BeeGees which was completely hysterical.

Here is Roxanne with her friend from school, Markéta, also known as "Sensitive Girl" as she cries alot.

Here is Rebekah with her friends from her class. From left to right: Magda, Rebekah, Šárka, and Jana.

Some of Rebekah's classmates.

Maskární Ples...Masquerade Ball

In celebration of the beginning of Lent (masopust) the children at school have a masquerade ball. While this no longer has any religious affiliation, the tradition still holds fast. So my girls dressed up and they spent the morning at school dancing and playing games.

Images of winter here in Hluboká nad Vltavou,

Czech Republic