I was in South Bohemia for nearly all of today. We left at 7:30 this morning for the brewery at České Budějovice about 200 miles to the south. Last night some of the group went to The Pub, so they were a bit late getting to the bus. They were also pretty soundly harassed by the Czech students, who were just as chipper as ever. A few miles outside of Prague (by my estimate, but keep in mind I’m not exactly sure where Prague ends…) there’s a bridge to nowhere spanning the river. Professor Voráček told us yesterday that it was [View Full Entry]

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Last night was our opening ceremony, I guess you could call it. We went over to the restaurant we’ve been eating at on campus at seven and were introduced to the faculty. Then Dr. Johnson and the Resident Director from Mizzou talked a bit, and all of the students introduced themselves (both American and Czech…which was nice because none of us could remember some of their names). Once we were welcomed everyone had a shot of…well, I honestly have no idea what it was, but it burned and I thought it tasted like cinnamon and peppermint. Would have been a [View Full Entry]

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I just got my internet working today, so I need to post my entry from the weekend covering my flights and first day. Here goes! Today is my first full day in Prague. I woke up at five (after going to bed around one last night when we got back from the museum, but I’ll talk about that later) with the sun absolutely beaming through the windows. I immediately thought my alarm didn’t go off and it was around 8:30 or 9. I had no idea the sun rises so early here! I went back to sleep and woke up again [View Full Entry]

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