Friday, March 6, 2009

Ball photos

-Crème Brulée












-Ballroom dancing













-Gypsy children dancing

In town and a Friend

Building near the main square, showing typical European architecture. Very elaborate, gorgeous, and yet, everywhere.



My friend Simona, who was in Kimberley 3 years ago. We finally had a chance to meet up!

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Second Spring and Opera

Well, after a couple feet of snow that lasted two weeks, spring has come again, this time feeling more natural. We have had a lot of reain, but today was dry and about +7. Very pleasant. I watched the world champs for Nordic skiing this weekend. They were live in Liberec, Czech Republic. Skiing is my absolute favourite sport, and one thing I really miss about Kimberley, but it was nice to watch. I wish I could have gone to watch it live though, as it was so close!
Last night, I went to the Opera "Boris Godunov". It was very long, 4 hours, but I enjoyed it. It was such a different experience. It was in Russian, but had Slovak subtitles on a monitor above the stage. I was surprised how much I understood, as it was the slovak equivalent of Shakesperian english. I didn't really understand it overall though, as it was extremely complicated. It was about Boris, and his coming into power.