Written by: Adam Dvořák aka Taste of red
Yes...menstrual cups are out in the world (albeit only as prototypes so far) and are currently found in various testers all over Prague. Are you asking me how I know? The answer is easy – I was there!
Anička called me one day that it would be great to take pictures and a little bit of video of the cups, as they are handed over to the aforementioned testers (tester is a terrible word). I wasn't against it because I knew it was going to be a celebrity spree and that's something I hear about - menstrual cups and celebrities. So I got into my Octavia and set out for new experiences. Picking up Anička at the studio, she loaded me with about 150 bags of different sizes and told me to go.
The schedule was quite busy: 4 visits and one TV interview. It was going pretty well from the start. The first stop is Charles Square at the gynaecologist Vrzáčková, during which I waited the whole time in the car - check, the second stop is Holešovice and the magical Miss Cool Cat - check. But then things started to get tough. We had to combine filming in the Střešovice garage (because the T3 Coupé), throw in Eva, who went the whole way home with us, (because she was breastfeeding) and, on top of all that, manage to deliver the chalices Nesvačilová home.
Thanks to my incredibly strong organizational skills and Anička's eloquence (well, my credit was minimal), we left the filming and headed towards Nuslí to breastfeed. The journey was peaceful, almost idyllic, until the women's staff began to talk about her first period. It was a beautiful dialogue full of minutely described details that lasted about half an hour. It also took half an hour for me to think about the best time to pull off the steering wheel and jump with the car into the Vltava.
We delivered the mother to the child, Anička and I had lunch, mother Eva got into the car again and drove to station 4 - Nesvačilová. She welcomed us to the cozy apartment, and after a few seconds she and Anička started talking about the suitability and color of the wardrobe she wanted to buy. However, it was enough to look at the ceiling, where there was a Zen feng shui sticker, and I decided that Petra did not need the designer's advice. The handover was photographed, some videos were made, and we drove to the last address - Tonya. It was the kind of drive that Eva disconnects from because she just has to be home by now and Anička starts on the phone at the start of the journey and doesn't stop long after you park the car. What's the matter, I love when Anička doesn't talk about it on the phone, but as a driver I need to know at least a hint of where I'm actually going. Everything went well, and we passed the last chalices to Tonya, who welcomed them with open arms and such energy that I had to laugh under my mask. Of course, no one saw that, so I looked like some pablb squinting at her.
The journey ended after five beautiful hours, but my journey, the real one, to the knowledge of the female mind is still at the beginning. It's just not possible.
Photo: Adam Dvořák