Tonight I attended a concert in the St. Nicholas Church with Yvona Skvarova-Mezzosoprano of the National Theater. The Orchestra performed works from Handel, Dvorak, Bach, Mozart, and Vivaldi and it was easy to think of the fact that many of these musicians played in Prague and Vienna and here I was listening to their music in a setting so close to their roots. I also thought of the fact that all of the performers had most likely lived under Soviet control and realized this type of function so open to all of the people of the world would never have been possible 20 years ago.
In complete contrast when I walked out of the St. Nicholas Church the World Cup was being broadcast live (match between France and Uruguay) on a huge screen TV in the middle of the Old Town Square with thousands of screaming fans filling the square. It was quite an event even though The Czech Republic did not qualify for the world tournament. There were beer tents lined up serving the original Budweiser or Budvar and hams smoking over fire pits. It seemed as though this was a party among Czech's and many other nationalities. I can only imagine what tomorrow nights game will be like between the UK and the US.
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