It was a weekend

Last weekend I did a lot of stuff. Met new people, went out, enjoyed the spring... Me likeeh! :)

Friday. We went to a jazz bar called Jazz Dock, which is standing on the river Vltava. The place was a bit fancy with entrance fee of 250 CZK for the concert, but if you are less than 25 years old, you get in for 150. Good deal for me. At first I was doubting whether to go there or not, but I'm so glad I did!

The bar.

With my flatmate Vinny.

Erica, Jalal and Ben.

We went to listen to a jazz quintet that combined folk and jazz. As my friend told us, according to the internet they are 'Moravia's best jazz quintet'. They had a cool, dark sound and interesting touch of folk to it when the woman was playing cimbal.

The band.

The pianist was crazy. Not just did he play very intensely, but he was smoking at the same time and shouting to the band and to the audience.

Our unanimous favorite was the bass player. He was a very good and a versatile player with great solos, but he was just so cool with his bald head and big belly and face without expressions looking like: "yeah, this is what I do..." :)

Saturday. Yoga. Then we had a meet-up with expats again. This time there were quite many of us, like 9 or something. It was awesome to get to know them! And it was great to spend the beautiful day outside!

Expats from many countries. Canada, Belgium, Ireland, Brazil, Romania, America...

We walked through the castle again, and realized that Prince Charles was there. We would have wanted to see him, but didn't... There were only police, secret service and a load of black cars.We continued to a park called Letná.

View to the city. Dog.

It was that park where they built a massive 17,000 ton statue of Stalin back in the communist days. However, it was destroyed in front of cheering crowds, and this day in that spot there stands a giant metronome. No one really knows the meaning of the metronome. Someone said that it shows the height of the once-existed statue, and someone said that it reflects that the Czech people is in the move all the time. It's just one of the most random things you can encounter in a city.

Shoes on a wire.

The bottom of the metronome and people chilling out.

People enjoying the spring sun and the view.

Bottom of the metronome.

In the evening I went to an all-American house party with the legendary beer keg. I had so much fun there! Unfortunately I didn't take a lot of pictures there, I was concentrating on playing beer pong. Well, what else to write a bout it... ;) It was basically chatting, beer pong, cheering, flip cup, laughing, late night/early morning party at a club... I had a good time :)

Sunday - not doing anything. Except for getting my flatmate, who sprained his ankle in soccer, home from the hospital. We also had dinner which I cooked. Pasta bolognese :)

Nigel, Zuzana and the poor cripple.

Monday. Back to work. Another week to go to the next weekend ;)

Lunch with my colleagues, Irene and Misa.