The title basically summarizes the general zeitgeist within the group. Every block I walk down has at least 3 architecturally beautiful/interesting buildings. The city as a whole is simply gorgeous. And, gotta say, Nate was wrong. The Czech people that I have met are not rude and awful. My Czech roomate, Mirek, is legitimately the nicest person I might have ever met. I know that that's sort of a ridiculous statement and sounds like pure hyperbole but seriously, he's incredibly nice. He's not from Prague, from 3 hours away in some small Czech town, so he really wants to spend time with us and go everywhere with us because he doesn't have other friends to ditch us for. He was super helpful when we went to the supermarket and just getting a feel for the neighborhood and giving us directions during the first few days. Since I'm on the topic of roomates, I might as well briefly describe the others right now. I share a room with Kelley, she is very nice and we get along great. Another roomate is Rob, from AU, really chill and very nice. I was with him from like....... 12 pm through 4 am yesterday and we got along well so I think/hope that we become/remain good friends. Last is Alice. I don't really know how to describe her, she's kind of a character. Let's just say that applied for and got accepted to the Real World but ended up not joining the show. She's Real World material. She's like, a ball of crazy... very loud and very opinionated and beyond talkative, but she's really nice and I somehow ended up on her good side so hopefully i'll stay there, and hopefully she won't annoy me, and hopefully we'll be friends.
Next, the apartment is pretty sick. Great furniture (I got my first ever queen sized bed! it's the only one in the flat, but I got here first, so..... I took the liberty of claiming it as my own). I share my room with Kelley, and we're connected to the lving room. Kitchen has potss and pans and an oven and a small dishwasher. Shower is WAY better than the Avalon's. Location is 10 minutes walking to the main square, Wenceslas square, and about 15 minutes maybe from the CET center where I'll be taking classes.
I don't really know how to describe my activities during the past few days, it's been such a whirlwind. I've basically spent the days exploring the city by foot, through the old square, around my neighborhood to a nearby mall, down by the river and over to the Frank Gehry building.... etc. The first night we went to two bars. the second night we had people over, pregamed and played kings, then we went out, and it was a very very good time. Last night Rob, Kate, Mike, Juliana and I joined a bar crawl until we realized that they were going to this 5 story club that we weren't quite dressed for, so we went to this reaaaalllllllly weird bar for a few minutes. The bar was close to the Charles Bridge and it had these crazy dancers (though someone suggested they might have been hookers) and motocross/japanese game shows(?) being projected on a screen and really loud latin music. So.... we left that joint and hit up this super cute bar, drank a bit outside by the river, then went over to this girl Juliana's to chill before heading home.
Today, we took part in, as APO people say, a "fact-finding mission". Basically, we scavenged the city on foot from 12-6. The highlight was a trek across the Charles Bridge to the Prague castle. My team was fun, Juliana, Steph C, and Lisa, we had a great time and saw some cool stuff. Quote of the day: "And then he fired himself", told to us by a high school aged waiter trying to explain to us who Jan Palach was.
Ok. i was lame tonight and didn't go out because I'm beat. Only one of my roomates went out though, so I don't feel too bad. I start my week of intesnive Czech Language classes tomorrow, so, I'm gonna hit the hay. hopefully, I'll be free to update soon.
lots of love to anybody reading this :)
