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15.12. 2013 18:00, Certovka pod Karlovym mostem

15th December 2013, 6 PM Certovka under the Charles Bridge (english description bellow)

 


Srdecne vas zveme na jiz 8. rocnik Adventnich geoskorapek. Jedna se o setkani s kacery, kacerkami, kaceracaty, prateli a znamymi a vsemi dalšími. V nekonecne skupine všech pritomnych, cekajícich na vypousteni geolodicek po Certovce, bude zcela jiste prijemne zase videt sve „stare“ zname a urcite bude i dost casu na seznameni se s nicky, ktere zname zatim jen z logbooku. Potom se muzete projit treba na Karluv most, pripijet si na blizici se Vanoce a divat se na krasy Prahy osvetlene nasimi lodickami, vyplouvajicimi na Vltavu.
Pojdme tedy, zastavme se na chvili a rozsvitme svetla na nasich lodickach v tomto predvanocnim case. Prosime, prineste si lodicky jiz predem vyrobene, pokud možno z prírodních materiálu, zapalky nebo zapalovac a nezapomente na sklenicku pro sebe a cleny sveho teamu, a nejaky napoj vhodny k jejimu naplneni (myslete i na sve deti :). Doba trvani akce podle mnozstvi ucastniku a pocasi, cca 120-180 minut.

Kaceri s malymi detmi mohou dorazit o cca hodinu drive (17.00) a poslat si svoje lodky ve vetsim klidu s predstihem.

Program: pousteni lodicek, diskuse, foceni, pripitky, prekvapeni

Advent – doba pripravy na Vanoce.

Doba pripravy na Vanoce - Adventni doba - trva ctyri nedele pred slavností Narozeni Pane 25. prosince. Prvni zacatky slaveni adventu se objevuji v jizni Galii a ve Spanelsku koncem 4. stoleti. Slovo Advent pochazi z latiskeho "adventus", coz znamena prichod. Doba adventni byla vlastne pripravnou dobou na vanocni svatky a uz od 11. stoleti se jeji doba trvani ustalila na poslednich ctyrech tydnech pred Stedrym dnem. Byla casem pustu, zakazany byly veskere zabavy,tanec a zpev. I tak se o adventu konaly nektere lidove obrady, které tento zakaz vice mene porusovaly.

Adventní nedele 2013:
1. adventni nedele: 1.12.2013
2. adventni nedele: 8.12.2013
3. adventni nedele: 15.12.2013
4. adventni nedele: 22.12.2013

Zajemci o CWG, napiste do logu, o kolik kusu mate zajem (standardni cena 10 Kc za 1 CWG). K dispozici budou i tradicni coiny od Lucecitky, dame vedet pres announcement.


Tesime se na vas

Saman & vojrou


English description: Join us in Advent Time to celebrate approaching Christmas holidays. We will meet near Vltava river in Prague close to Charles Bridge. Each participant should bring a small boat (e.g. from a nut shell) with a candle light. We will let the candle boats float in Certovka canal and then watch all together this spectacular show. Historical buildings illuminated by hundreds of candle lights, happy children, new and old friends around and small gifts being exchanged create an unforgettable atmosphere. Do not forget to bring some Christmas food and drink and share it with fellow geocachers.

Geonutshells is a traditional Christmas event that takes place every year in mid December. Although by design it is a simple event, spontaneously it grew into a megaevent because in last 4 years more than 500 nicks (> 1000 individuals) attended each event.

Why Geonutshells? The name is related to an old Czech Christmas tradition. On Christmas Eve people make small boats, usually from walnut shells. They place small candles inside the boats, light them and then they let the boats float on water in a large pot or washing-up bowl. The fun is in predicting future from how far the boats float, how they stick together (or not), etc.

  Looking forward to meet you

Saman & vojrou

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

N irel zreel Puevfgznf Naq n unccl Arj Lrne Yrg'f ubcr vg'f n tbbq bar Jvgubhg nal srne

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)