Holiday Fair

Today, 12/10, NYU had set up a Holiday Fair for us. It took place in the NYU center from 2-6. There were a bunch of stations set up as workshops for traditional Czech customs (although I don't think all of them are actually). I decorated gingerbread cookies, made candles out of wax sheets and crafted tshirts. One of the staff members even had a puppet show... though most of it was in Czech (for the professor's young kids), and some of the students had prepared some holiday songs to carol.

Puppet show

Later on in the evening, I went to Kavarna Slavia, a cafe right across from Narodni Divadlo (national theater). Daily a musician plays the piano from 5 pm to 11 pm and we had been meaning to soak in this scene. I got the roasted pear in cheese pastry, filled with nuts, served with maple sirup and fresh mint and we listened to him play the grand piano for a while.

Kavarna Slavia

A somewhat relaxing evening - before heading back to Machova to tackle finals studying!

I only have 6 days left here.