Day 1 June 7, 2009 The Rose Woman Jet-lag. Luggage is safe. Met the most fascinating couple on the plane, a writer and a writer/cartoonist. They were both here for some kind of invitation-only writers’ conference that their agent sitting behind us described. The man (the cartoonist) just finished an animated copy of the Book of Genesis. The woman, who was fluent in French and constantly jabbing with the French stewardess, was a trip. Big tall pointy black boots, flaming red hair, diamond studded sunglasses, a purse covered with 3-dimensional red fabric roses [View Full Entry]

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Pre-arrival June 6, 2009 Hi, my name is Tory, and I am a student studying abroad in Prague. I am originally from Houston, Texas, the city of oil dreams and Enron schemes. Grew up there my whole life. But now I find myself in Prague, “the heart of Europe.” I will be here for five weeks, exploring, meeting new people, studying of course, and playing music. I plan on keeping a daily blog of my experience here with other media, pictures, video when I can. A lot of people when they go to a foreign country make several goals about what [View Full Entry]

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