August 1, 2009 - Festival Times

Since we don't start our official language classes (5 hours per day, except during special events) until tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m., this morning we went to a festival in Destne featuring wood-fired, hand-blown glass being made, and this afternoon to a festival in Opocno started by the Franciscan monks there in the late 1600s. It has evolved into a carnival, traditional craft fair, and community market - somewhat different than the original version, but perhaps not? Saw elaborate perniky (gingerbread cookies) being decorated and had a traditional pastry of the region I'd never heard of before (Trdelnek), which was a tube of dough rolled around a metal tube and roasted on a rotissery-like machine over an open fire - very tasty, and not something you could do at home!


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