Beckyyk

Today, after I departed with Maoria on the metro I walked up the first set of stairs where I encountered two men selling cheeses of various sorts. Next, I encountered a woman pushing a large baby stroller (with a baby in it) and I saw from my peripheral vision she was in a quandary due to the fact that she could not in any imagination get that baby carriage up the next set of stairs. Being the kind person that I am, (and curious), I made eye-contact with the woman and she smiled and shook her head "yes". I assumed this meant she needed help because I did not ask her any question in which she would even need to reply yes. So I used all my strength and with this dark headed woman, I lifted ... read more

I sit here at the computer right now- and my shoes/sock/bottom of my jeans are wet and dirt-covered. Yes I got caught in the rain. Today, after doing some nice studying for my czech midterm (which I just took- not bad not bad) and my czech history midterm (which I have at 5:00pm, which is in about an hour and ten minutes to be exact) I decided to venture somewhere, more specifically Petrin Park/Petrin Hill. I took the tram to the park and first saw the communist memorial which is steel statues of half bodies going up the stairs. Let me tell you that it was pretty nice weather out- sunny but a few rain drops now and then... Continuing, I climbed up various paths and saw some cool statues, the best one, Macha, an artist ... read more

New things I now eat: I love pickles. Once I loved pickles the way I love ice cream. I am becoming tolerant and even care for eggplant (small pieces) and I do like green olives! My host father is very happy that I can eat cooked apples and not ones that grow from the tree. I love food. I thought I loved dark chocolate, and I do, I just don't like REALLY dark chocolate because it tastes not good. Today, Tuesday, I do not have class until 3:25pm. This is quite nice because I usually get to have a relaxing awakening and then decide what to do for the first part of the day. Today, I awoke at 10:00am, and decided to clean or "uklízet". I began by organizing my room and removing my suitcase and ... read more

I ventured to the main train station to find the big thrift store. I got there and could not for the life of me find it. Literally...if a man came up to me and said 'find this thrift store or I will take your life', I would simply say, 'if you must'. So I took out my little vodafone telephone and called Liz, because I knew she had gone to the thrift store before. I suddenly found it, after following her precise directions and thought it was the coolest thing ever. There were rows and rows of old clothes, including helmets, roller skates, scarfs, pants, and weird-ass shirts which I could not even tell how they would possibly fit a human. After lots of searching, and trying on sweaters, I decided to buy a pair of ... read more

Today is Sunday and I took it easy last night, having dinner with my host family and then hitting the hay at about 10:30pm. Therefore, I was able to wake up at a decent hour, 9:30am-ish to begin this wonderful, relaxing, beautiful Sunday morning. I am sitting here right now, the sun hitting my back through the half-assed opened window, waiting for my laundry to finish, listening to Jaroslav gardening, mama preparing lunch, and an i-tunes song. My parents and sister are coming in less than a week! I went out with Liz on friday night, slept over her house because her parents were away for the weekend and we got home pretty late. I wore her pajamas which was so funny because the shirt was really loose and thin and that in combination with tight ... read more