Adventures in the Czech Republic

The 31st April is an important day in the Czech calendar. It is the day when they raise the maypole and "burn" witches. This year ...

Although May 1st is the official bank holiday, the real day for celebrations in the Czech Republic is Witches Night the day before. This is ...

On the last day of April the Czechs set up their maypoles, light bonfires and on occasion burn a witch's effigy, oh and drink a lot of b...

In my previous post I talked briefly about the maypoles that are the centre feature of many village greens in this part of the world. It doe...