Let's see now shall we? Yesterday, April 12, 2008, I awoke in the morning at precisely 6:12am and proceeded to prepare for a CIEE planned day trip for school to Novy Bor and Bezdez. A short history will soon follow. I was running pretty early on this particular morning. You see for trips with school, we always meet at "Na Florenci" a specific place in Prague, in front or a blue awninged book store. I was very early, as I previously stated, so I decided to not get on the first metro that came, and instead I sat on a bench [View Full Entry]

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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 [View Full Entry]

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These are some of the different meals I have consumed so far in Prague. These are only a selection of the assortment. There are also pictures of food from Spring Break 2008 visit to Poland to see my good friend Katherine. I wonder what I will have for dinner tonight? [View Full Entry]

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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 [View Full Entry]

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Busyness not business consumes my life- busyness is quite the wonderful thing. The Fairfield Universtiy Glee Club visited Prague this weekend and luckily Denise and I were able to see them for a short period of time at this club called "Roxy". It wasn't really my cup of tea-the club- and yes, I drink tea now. Denise was able to get in contact with a girl from the glee club, which was somewhat difficult because they didn't have cell phones. It was monday night and we met them at this club, Roxy, at about 11:30pm. However, when we got off the [View Full Entry]

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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 [View Full Entry]

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My parents left yesterday. What a bittersweet, bittersweet day it was. I was happy they were continuing their travels to Budapest, however, it was a sad thought that I would not see them again for a couple of months. However, what can you do really? You know what I mean. So my host mother and I picked them up at the airport on the day they were do to arrive and while waiting she bought me a nice vanilla coffee. It was actually one of the best coffees I have had so far (and I have had my share of coffees). [View Full Entry]

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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, [View Full Entry]

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My mama invited me to play tennis with her this morning, but I have class. Bum bum bum bum bum. I am listening to a song right now, so the previous "bum's" will probably have less meaning for you when you read them. It is 10:23AM right now and I am drinking some lovely instant coffee. I really think that when I return to America I will make the switch to the instant coffee because frankly...i don't give a damn. No, I am only joking, I just think instant coffee is faster (to make) and tastes just as good if not [View Full Entry]

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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 [View Full Entry]

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