Czech out some of the Czech Holidays!

Hello my dear American Dad and Mom,
seeing your Christmas pictures made me deeply missing you and excited at the same time about your early message about your Europe trip! It also inspired me to post you some of mine pictures from the Holidays and share some words with you as well :).

This is the latest picture of me just so you could imagine how do I look nowdays. As you can see I gained some weight but despite to that I am very happy :) My boyfriend says I have the "Girlfriend´s syndom" Which means I am very comfortable about my relationship with him so naturaly I care less about my look. He altough tells me everyday how beautiful I am and gives me tons of compliments :] He does not notice that I have gained 15 kilos since we've started dating haha. So since yesterday I am on stricked diet and I feel like starving. But I feel really good inside like I am doing the right thing to do :]

I am finishing my first semester at the university and music exams are really sucking blood out of my veins. I excpect a lot of exams in January so I hope that will have gone well... My english subjects are better. I struggle in one or two subjects but nothing I couldn't handle :].
I feel released ou of the school stress now when we have little break. I tried to keep my mind busy and completely forget about school to clear my mind. I just hope I will remember something for my exams :]

So now about Christmas

We went to Prague to reach some of the Christmas spirit. This is Old Town Square. You might wonder why it is so crowdy. It is this crowdy only once an hour because of the Orloj Clock on the left. Every hour they shoe the apostols turning around and making a little show. You will get to see this when you'll be here :] Then in the back there is Christmas tree and the red small roofs, that is Christmas market.

This is picture from the same trip. The picture is taken from the back of the Cathedral on the Prague Castle. Mom Kamila and Dad Petr. [Dad looks little bit taller than mom but in reality he isn't...] - dont tell him I told you this :]

And this is me and my lovely boyfriend Dima making a Christmas potato salad for Christmas Eve table. We sent Christmas at our Crandma's and this is her kitchen.

This is me exchausted after making so much of the potato salad. We had to use bucket of this size to scramble so much salad. Do not worry. There were 10 of us at the table and we ate it the next two days :]

This is some of the Christmas coockies from my Grandma. I told her I need to take picture of this for you and she said she will make some more when you come :]

Aaaaaand this is just some snacks to make ourselves even more overeated haha :] Christmas are only once a year right?

And this is how I and Dima made Schnitzels. [there were even more than there are in the picture] [and we also ate them the next two days]

And this is my lovely Grandma [from mom's side] holding some Schnitzels. Her name is Marushka. [Maruška]

This is a very interesting recepy for salmon. Under the rock you see is hidden a fish. The Salmon is cover in crust made out of salt and of the white of eggs. It is the recepy of Jaime Oliver.

My mom told me to take the picture for you :]

I must say it was really delicious and yes. It was part of the Christmas dish as well :]

And this is our Christmas table in my Grandmas's Marushka Living room. Looks pretty classy doesnt it? :]

This is our little Christmas tree. For this year Christmas we decided to pick one person and give them one present. I got beautiful dress from my dad Petr for example. What did you get for Christmas?

This is my Dad with his parents. My granddad is very sick and he has been on two sugeries since september this year. He has sick heart and I pray he could spend the next year Christmas with us as well. He is very dear to me and always makes jokes about grandma :]. His name is Antonin and my Grandmas name is Zina.

Mine and my boyfriend's famous potato salad :] - the strawberries are for shampaign :]

This is some of the Schitzels. The rest is already on the table.

Marushka with her partner Pepa.

My mommy serving soup as an apetizer.

And this is me at the Christmas table. Have you noticed the earings I am wearing? These are from you! :]

This is me with my neighbor plaing guitars and people from my village singing on Christmas Eve the Cristmas Carols by the little Chappel in the center of our modest Village Sebuzin.

Here you can see my head and people that came to watch us and sing with us :]

And this is the last picture I am sending you. There is me with Dima and my very good friend Petra. Behind us is the city that Sebuzin bellongs to - Usti nad Labem.

It felt great to fill you up little bit into my life and I hope to hear from you too :] I love you very much and I hope you enjoyed the pictures :]

Bari