Embassies and cultural institutes residing in Estonia took their direction on Saturday, September 10, to Jäneda, where the traditional Jäneda autumn fair took place. The beautiful, sunny autumn day had attracted a huge crowd of people to the fair, so the language fair also became extremely popular among the visitors. Namely, a total of 19 different languages ​​and cultures had gathered and put up their stands in Jäneda Manor, and the guests had the opportunity to get to know all of them more closely. For this purpose, the organizers had come up with a quiz on language and culture, which was also very actively participated.

Of course, the Czech Embassy was also present at the fair, with the aim of introducing the Czech language, culture and learning opportunities. Since one of the quiz questions was about the Moravian region and its wine production, we discussed the topic of the Czech wines with many visitors. As a beer producer, the Czech Republic generally does not need to be introduced to Estonians, but we were once again confirmed that many people have never heard of Czech wine production. It was all the greater the joy that we could also introduce this part of the Czech Republic, look for Moravia on the map and give recommendations for visiting this region, among other things.

Since food plays a very big and important role in every culture, we also wanted to give a piece of the Czech food culture to the visitors. We offered different Czech candies and lázeňské oplatky wafers as well as homemade pastries such as housky and bábovka. Small cakes called moravské koláčky became especially popular. This is well illustrated by the fact that we were even asked for the recipe for these delicious cakes. And we weren't jealous – of course, we shared this knowledge.

Next to the baked goods, another hit on our table was Krteček, or little mole. The eyes of many visitors lit up when they saw the mole, because they had watched Krteček's cartoons as children and thus recognized the cute cartoon character immediately. Of course, we also gave mini-lessons of the Czech language to those interested, and all fairgoers who participated in the quiz and visited the Czech table learned at least one Czech word – ahoj!

We are delighted how many people admitted that they found great inspiration for travelling to the Czech Republic thanks to this fair. We hope that we will be able to hear more about their travel impressions at the Language Day events taking place in the future. So see you all next fall!