Blogs from Czech Republic, Europe - page 238

Caroline and Margo were chatting in the room next door early in the morning. That was a bit strange to me (for reasons that I can’t fathom) and I woke up with a sneaking suspicion that we were supposed to be somewhere. I had a moment of selflessness the night before and buried my watch underneath some clothes. Along with that moment, I had a lapse in judgement by letting Lisa set her alarm to wake us up half an hour before meeting with Dan at 7:15am. It was seven. I leaned over between the beds and tapped madly on Lisa’s arm. When her eyes eventually opened I pointed to the clock and jump out of bed. Clothes on, out of the room to the wash sink (passed a very bewildered Margo), brushed my teeth, went ... read more

well... i figured i would go ahead and write a little something since i won't be able to update again until sunday. today we met up at 9:00, and met our teachers for the next class which we will start on monday. this should be an exciting class! it's czech culture and history, and our teachers are two phd candidates. they're fun and young, and want our class to be a good time. for example, tuesday we'll be taking an overnight trip to the town of olomouc (which is where one of them went to college)! that should be fun. more on that class later... after a quick meeting with them, sandy told us we had an hour before leaving for this ad agency, and so after much deliberation my friends and i decided we could ... read more

World Cup fever was rampant by the time I hit Poland. Fellow travelers had come from Germany, others were going there. In hostel circles you could be guaranteed to have at least one backpacker from the country that was playing (except maybe Guana) to make things even more interesting. The atmosphere was incredible, further fuelled by the sweltering heat. Complete strangers became best mates or enemies over a game of football. Whilst in Poland and Czech I watched football every night it was on. Bars were decorated with team flags, sometimes entire tables were reserved in front of the big screen and the better hostels had their own screen set up. Football and beer go hand-in-hand, so I was forced to throw myself headlong into this once-every-four-years celebration. Before now, Id struggle to name more than ... read more

so i didn't get to write about last night- which ended up being a lot of fun- so i'll start there. last night we met some of the czech students at 9:00 (everyone except for katie, who unfortunately has not been feeling so hot the past 24 hours). we thought they were just going to be taking us to a pub, but no! even better, they told us we were going up to the prague castle area. prague castle is high up above the city, so we hiked up this hill (there were steps, but it was a little grueling lol) we were all getting a little winded by the time we reached the top-- but when we finally did, it was absolutely breathtaking. the sun was setting at this point, and we were experiencing the ... read more

Enroute to the Heart of Bohemia with Child There is something about watching people just wander across train tracks with their bags, children and dog in tow that makes you realise you are in a country where the concept of 'safety' is more in tune with Darwinsim then with 'potential litigation'. If you get hit by a lurching rusty train, then you probably deserve to die for the sake of the gene pool. Train traffic at Cesky Krumlov is relatively infrequent, missing, slow or any combination of the above. "So what do we need to know about Prague?" Lisa asked Dan. "Oh I love Prague!" and he proceeded to ramble on about the Czech Republic history before pausing. "Oh, I better not tell you too much or I will spoil it for George. You will love ... read more