You Want to Put What in My Bathtub?

Hi Everyone, I have a great story to share with you all. It has to do with a Czech Christmas Tradition. Keep in mind, I am living on the ground floor of a house where I have a kitchen, bathroom and bedroom all to myself. That was until this past Saturday when Dr Pavel (Paul), the owner of the home I am staying in, filled up my bathtub with water. As you can see the tub is a good size one and is a fairly new tub. The reason for the water so that the carp Dr Pavel's friend was bring over had a place to hang out. You see it is a Czech Christmas tradition to have fried carp for their Christmas dinner. Czechs celebrate Christmas on the 24th so in preparation for their main meal many Czechs buy live carp, place them in their bathtub before cooking and serving them up. I actually had not 1 but 5 carp swimming around my bathtub for 4 to 5 hours. The carp were being shared among 5 families (friends and relatives). Pavel's wife Jitka explained that this is a Czech tradition she has experienced since she was a little girl. For her it wouldn't be Christmas without seeing a carp swimming around in a bathtub. It was great fun to see the excitement and hear the Czechs asking to take a peek in my bathroom
to see the carp. For those who were wondering-- Dr Pavel and his friend took the fish out back to do the necessary preparations (cleaning etc). And believe it or not afterwards Pavel had a special cleaning substance that made the bathtub look as good as new. You couldn't tell that some carp had ever stopped by for a swim! :)

Take care until next time...
Blessings,
Colleen