On Saturday evening, the annual Rotary Ball took place. I dressed up, but not as formally as most, who were in full ball-gown attire. Kind of hard to pull off for a 17-year-old from Kimberley.
It was really a magical evening. It started at 7:30, with a performance by some gypsy children, who were extremely cute, and did quite a good job, considering they'd only practiced the routine for one week. Then, the orchestra began to play, and we went up to another room to commence dinner. There was a large projector with speakers, showing the orchestra on the floor below.
Dinner was a three-course meal, followed by desert. we started with a raw salmon roll, then a pastry with meat and vegetables inside(very small, or 'dainty'), and finally the main course: goose, with mini poataoes and a delicious sauce, accompanied by some little dumplings. Desert was a vanilla Crème Brulée, topped with a chocolate and berries.
At about ten pm, a Slovak 'Golden Oldies' began providing entertainment, and it was quite amusing to watch men in tuxes and women in their gowns to start boogying and grooving. Although the two other girls(American students from the other Bratislava club) and I were the only young ones, we were definitely being out-danced!
Over all, it was a very enjoyable evening, and I am glad I could attend. I hope maybe I we=ill have the chance to go to something similar again one day!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Ah, spring again, now in February
So, as the title suggests, the weather is once again very unwinter-like. We have had rain for three days now, and it melted away the last of the snow, revealing the green grass still living underneath. It really feels like April or early May weather now. The temperature has even gone up to 7 degrees.
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