Photo 1This is our washing machine setup--it's in the bathroom and you have to put the hose into the tub for it to empty out! each cycle seems to take around 2 hours!Oh and there is not dryer DO NOT FORGET
... [more]Hey all!
Well, it has been an intense school week with another now underway—I am basically in English Teaching Hell! We had the day off yesterday—it was a national holiday here (the anniversary of the Velvet Revolution when Communism peacefully left the country). It was nice to have a 3 day weekend, even though 2 of the 3 days were spent doing schoolwork—at the mall! That’s right—I now spend more time at the mall on the weekends then most teenagers do—this is because that is the only place other then school that I can get internet access…and a new pair of shoes all at the same time.
Living in Prague is just like living in NYC so it isn’t quite the culture shock I had expected it to be… of course there are the little differences. Many of the bars have slot machines in them (if there is a slot machine it’s not a bar you really want to hang out in). The cost of beer is much less than the cost of water so “Pivo” it is (just kidding—I wish I had time to drink like that!) If you go clothes shopping MAKE SURE YOU WANT WHAT YOU’VE
Photo 2That would be the hose into the tubā€¦the shower situation is a whole other story
PURCHASED! There is no return policy here unless the item is damaged and you can prove somehow beyond a reasonable doubt that you didn’t do it! I can think of a few people that would have a problem not having he option o return something…(Maria, Eileen, Etc.) The movie theater s also a fascinating place—you are ASSIGNED SEATS! You can’t just sit wherever you want to—the ticket has your seat number on it and YES you will be yelled at if you are sitting in someone else’s seat! If you don’t purchase your tix together then you won’t be sitting with the people you came with
So I thought I would show you quickly what my “flat” looks like since if I’m not in school or at the mall I’m here ALL OF THE TIME!
Love you guys…
Danielle xoxoxoxoxo
Photo 6As you can see, the shower curtain is hung by a yellow wire--it only comes half way up --you can basically see well over the curtain and do you notice what's missing? The shower part perhaps? That's
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Photo 3This is our Kitchen area--lots of studying done at the table...notice the orange sticky notes you may see here and there--those are our lame attempt at learning Czech vocabulary...that would be the OK
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Photo 7the toilet has its own room...very common around here
Photo 4The refrigerator has its own room too (there is also a room for drying clothes but I didn't bother taking a picture of it since I feel my clothes might dry fast next to my radiator instead--its only b
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Photo 5Yes--those are basil plants and olive oil and a bottle of whiskey (all belong to my roommate believe it or not)
Photo 8This would be my room--it's actually the living room but they put 3 of us in here so I lucked out with the biggest room in the place! As you can see, I don't have a closet to that couch on the right
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Photo 9the view from the kitchen window....amazing
Photo 10The beginning of the night! YAY !! PIVO!!--(that's Ian--one of our classmates from Canada)
Photo 11Allison and Veronika (Veronika is one of our students who took us out on the town)
Photo 12The end of the night---some things never change, eh?
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