Veselé Velíkonoce...Happy Easter

Here I am being whipped by my friend, Martin, with a pomlazka. This is the traditional way to celebrate Easter in the Czech Republic...boys accompanied by grown men whipping neighbor girls and women in exchange for chocolates, colored eggs and hard liquor (for the men). God has been completely removed from the holiday not unlike in the states where we have easter egg hunts and celebrate by decorating eggs and buying chick and bunny decorations at Target. I just want you to know that it totally hurt when Martin whipped me.