#10 Keep Calm and Visit a Museum

Summer holidays are almost here!

Have you already decided on where to spend them, what places to visit and what to do?

There are many possible ways to have a great time, but here is the one that offers not only entertainment and fun, but also great atmosphere and cultural growth!  

Have you ever visited any museum or gallery at unusual night time? PRAGUE MUSEUM NIGHT 2014 that will be held on 14th of June (19:00-1:00) will give you this unique opportunity.

This year, the 11th Prague Museum Night includes 39 museums, galleries and other cultural institutions in 68 buildings. All visitors will enjoy a great program, rich collections of Prague museums and

galleries, and unique atmosphere.

Last year I participated at Museum Prague Night and it was truly amazing. There were so many things to visit, that at the beginning I didn't really know where to go. 

For example, on Museum Night 2013 I visited Jewish museum, Spanish Synagogue, Botanic Garden and small Chlupacovo Museum - History of Earth. I loved the places and what I saw there. What I liked most that the exhibition at night time was introduced in different light, which made it even more interesting 

I am really looking forward to visiting Prague museums this year. On my plans I have Prague Castle, Rudolfinum Gallery and some alchemist places.

Museum Night is a cultural event that is traditionally organised in cities all over Europe and attended by thousands of people!

This makes me think that nowadays generation is not totally degraded  and still there are normal individuals that are capable to enjoy the beauty of the past and future.

#9 Keep Calm and Be Tolerant

It's been already a week since the Eurovision song contest 2014 has finished and we found out the winner. But still it remains being a big occasion! As a result of a tense audience voting  in Copenhagen the crystal microphone won representative from Austria, "a woman with a beard" Conchita Wurst with the hit «Rise Like A Phoenix». 

The triumph of this singing phenomenon was more than predicted - from the first days of competition Conchita was discussed more than any other participants combined. Bookmakers immediately included ​​a "bearded woman" in the list of favorites. While participating countries of "Eurovision" were giving top points to Austria, Wurst was incessantly crying and stopped caring about her makeup. 

Conchita Wurst now is not only on all the headlines of newspapers and magazines around the world, but also is a star of the Internet. 

In recent days, the the singer was attacked with numerous curses and abuse from around the world, and after the Conchita's defeat some even called  Eurovision  as "degeneration of Europe".

It is been always sad to me to realise  that people nowadays are getting angrier and crueler. It is true that everyone has his own point of view on how to live life, how to behave and how to look like. And it is normal when people do not like something and try to change it in the way they see it. But to my mind, it should not be in a form of an opened aggression and hatred to people that seem different. Everyone has his own right to do what he wants and live how he wants. 

In case with Conchita, this image of "bearded lady" was not an accidental idea. She tried to deliver an important message about tolerance and respect to each other. 
People consider such weirdos as a bad example for the growing young generation. But in fact, what can we do to protect them from what they watch on TV and read in magazines? We can explain them what is good and what is bad, but we simply cannot put our brains to their heads and make them think differently in case they liked the "other way". 

My only solution to the issue is to improve our own life, keep calm and be tolerant.