Blogs from Zizkov, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

Gestern habe ich schön ausgeschlafen, gefrühstückt und bin dann mit einem Zug des privaten Anbieters "Alex" nach Prag gefahren. Das hat eine Weile gedauert und diese Strecke könnte man ruhig mal ausbauen. ICE-Verbindungen von Dresden und Nürnberg nach Prag wären wirklich toll. Auf der tschechischen Seite hat dann auch noch das WLAN gut funktioniert. Auf der deutschen Strecke leider nicht. Das ist noch so ein Punkt. Das Publikum auf der Strecke war international. Von angelsächsischen Rucksacktouristen, die dort mit Erdnussbutter gefrühstückt haben, über die üblichen Asiaten und auch anderen war alles dabei. Es ist eben doch eine Touristenstrecke. Vor allem an diesem verlängertem Wochenende. Am Bahnhof in Prag habe ich dann Geld getauscht. Ich wollte es zuerst an einem Automaten machen, aber da war der Kurs schlecht und vielleicht hätte ich zusätzlich noch eine Automatengebühr zahlen ... read more

Hello friends! So sorry for the lack of blog posts since I have been away. These past two months have been super busy with starting school, an intensive course which included a paper and a final, four midterms, four different country trips, and the random homework in between! I have finally slowed down a little (but only just a little) and have found a few minutes to FINALLY write a post about what I have been up to all this time. The first week I was here I did a lot of adventuring around town. I made friends my first day in town which is pretty inevitable when you live in residence with hundreds of other international students. I saw the major tourist attractions around town (except for the Prague Castle which I still have yet ... read more

oh this sucks... i have to try and remeber whats happened over the last few weeks... you have no idea how hard that is... well the tour is well under way! actually we have passed the half way mark!!! it all started in paris. paris is an amazing city! The history, buildings and monuments are all amazing! of course none of that mattered. we went straight to the bar and stated smashing beers. the next day we did however get a good look around the city. the effiel tower was the first stop and was kinda a waste of time. its a really cool building and has amazing views from the top but the line to buy tickets was fucking insane! about 3hrs we stood in the sun waiting with these irritaing locals trying to flog ... read more

I have not updated in a long time, I have been very busy. The last week of March I had midterms and went straight to spring break. My flight left at 6:05 on The 2nd to Milan. I was with my roommate Marisa and we had to leave our apartment at 3 am so we stayed up all night. We spend about 2 ½ hours in Milan and took a train to Venice. Our hostel was about a 25 minute bus ride from the city center and we got there in the evening so we slept for the most part, by that time we were up for over 36 hours straight and needed sleep badly. The next morning we went to Venice and explored. That night we met up with 4 other girls that we were ... read more

This past weekend I celebrated my 20th birthday! My roommates Marisa and Elisha woke me up with cards and cake. It was a great surprise. During the day we went to the chocolate museum and that was delicious. We also tried this new restaurant right by our apartment for dinner and I had some amazing pasta. My roommate Elisha got pizza with spinach and egg and it was actually really good too. Over all it was a perfect way to start a new decade. I also went to a hockey game which was fun but also weird because it was just like the US. They played the same songs to get the crowd going and had the same cheers. One thing that was different was the fighting. There were no fights! They are allowed to fight, ... read more