Prague Travels!

Okay so after getting settled and having a great party, we had to get down to business. There were several things we had to do in order to be set in Prague, we have about 500 ids of some sort, I couldn't tell you what they were for, but we had to get those done. We got a Metro pass for three months, and we had to make a rather terrifying and tragic trip to the police station. This police station is in a rather communist type of building and is rather intimidating. Let me sum it up quickly for you. You must let the Czech police know that you have arrived in their country and therefore make this painful and dreaded trip to make sure we are who we are and so forth. Basically we took a number and waited in line for 4 hours...yes four hours. It was pretty much as close to hell as I ever hope to experience. Dont plan on doing it any time soon. There were no lines just foreigners trying to get by in crowded little hall with a couple hundred people. Loved it!

Anyways, no more negativity! After that was done, this week Annie and I went on a tour of Prague...it was snowy...cold, but pretty! We made it to St. Vitus which you can see from all over Prague. Beautiful, and the Prague Castle! On Friday we paid $12 to go on a tour in Pilsen where the Pilsner Brewery is located. Yeah Beer, I am trying to learn to like it! The tour was fun and we got back to Prague at a decent hour. Then Saturday, we had our tour to Kutna Hora, about an hour away with the bone chapel and St Barbara. I liked the chapel and the cathedral but the rest of the town seemed rather dead. Ahh and Annie and I got interviewed by the Czech students for their presentaion next week. They asked us history, politics, and geography about the Czech Republic, which honeslty we didn't know much about, and I don't think any of the Americans would know. More or less Annie and I think they chose the girls that looked the least bright. Little do they know we really are intelligent girls, just not when it comes to Czech culture. Im sure it will be quite humiliating next week with our faces on the screen not knowing much of anything. Ill let you know how that goes. So we got back to Prague around dinner and Annie and I experienced our first menza experience...thats our cafeteria. I had fried mushrooms, boiled potatoes and bread. They dont have the menu in English, which is strange seeing as it is an international dorm, so you kinda just guess what your getting. Interesting, but not too bad! And then a bunch of us got together to go to Old Town Square where they had big screens set up with the Czech Hockey team playing the Russians for the Bronze Medal. Czech won, and it was a great time. It was an amazing set up and the Czechs had so much pride for their team....there was drinking and dancing and celebrating following their win. Can't complain about the events of that evening.

Well some classes start tomorrow, monday, so we have to do some figuring out of classes. We have two weeks after that to make final decisions about what we want to take. It is much more layed back here, which shall be nice. I will write sometime this week and let you know how it is all going. Until then, leave a comment, and have a grand week!!! Ciao!