Czechs celebrate their own version of Valentine's Day

The mood was entirely different on Prague's Petrin Hill, where couples in love traditionally lay flowers at the statue of the country's romantic poet Karel Hynek Macha. This year the governing Civic Democratic Party held a May Day rally at the foot of Petrin Hill under the motto "stick with us - we'll take you to the top of the hill". Thousands of Czechs visited Petrin Hill in the course of the day, to enjoy the sunny weather and celebrate the Czech version of Valentine's Day.