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<\/a>Q and A with Director and young star of “No One’s Child” from Serbia. Photo from Febiofest<\/p><\/div>\n
This is our second year for the big film festival Febiofest which also includes music and dancing. \u00a0There are so many offerings it is a bit of a chore to sift through the program and pick a few films or events to go to. We chose an Irish, a Serbian, an Australian and one from the U.K. The latter being The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. \u00a0<\/em>This was to be the highlight for us as we enjoyed the first so much. \u00a0So imagine our incredulity when we got to the theater to find it had been cancelled–no explanation given. I am quite irritated at the organizers for no notice and absolutely no apology or even acknowledgement in any of the festival announcements afterwards. \u00a0Maybe I can get revenge by boycotting\u00a0their sponsors.<\/p>\n But moving on, the next morning we went to a soup festival on the river front in Smichov called\u00a0\u201cPol\u00edvkov\u00e1n\u00ed\u201d or “Souping”. \u00a0It was a chance to try soups and other delicacies from a slew of international cuisines. \u00a0Our favorite was called chicken puffs from the Thailand association, obviously home-made. \u00a0We ate light and stayed away from fish or seafood choices because we were also planning on attending a Seafood Festival in our local Jiriho z Podebrad square that evening.<\/p>\n We purposely went early for soup, about 11 A.M., to beat the crowds but the narrow space between the double row of food booths was jam-packed, not only making it difficult to move but worse making it difficult to see the food being sold and to get into the correct queue to buy something. \u00a0Our only consolation was that as we left we noted there was now a several minute wait to even get in. \u00a0One day I will find a Czech event organizer to ask about why nearly all such festivals are arranged this same way. \u00a0Are they taxed by\u00a0width or is there some kind of psychology that makes people buy more when they have to fight to get to it? \u00a0It works the opposite for me.<\/p>\n Seafood Festival: Food booths are narrow band to right.<\/p><\/div>\n I dwell on this because our dinner plans were ruined for the same reason. \u00a0On the way home from coffee and dessert after the soup and chicken puffs we could see the seafood festival occupying two narrow lanes of our big square. \u00a0There were very long cues everywhere. \u00a0So we thought what time is likely to be less crowded and guessed at 5 P.M.. \u00a0We were wrong; it was worse then. \u00a0So next we wondered who is willing to endure these slow-moving lines for some delicious looking and reasonably priced\u00a0seafood. Everyone appeared to be in their twenties and holding a beverage; many were chatting with those around\u00a0them. \u00a0We don’t fit that profile\u00a0so we moved on to hamburgers, fries and Pilsner at our local pub.<\/p>\n So now I am spending a quiet Sunday at home writing this and looking forward to a busy week coming up due to an American Army convoy passing through the country; stopping frequently to party along the way and, of course, visit many WW II memorials for ceremonies. \u00a0Oh yes, we can’t forget this is Easter week as well; this year including our wedding anniversary and Karin’s birthday. \u00a0No more blog posts for a while \u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Other festival posts: \u00a0Pig and Mausopust in Prague<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 — \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Burger Fest<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hmm, how shall I focus this post? \u00a0Too busy doing to write(used too many times, I think); never-ending story of things to do; local festivals are great for understanding culture; or the big picture of why we became expats and … Continue reading <\/a>