Finishing Up the School Week

Hello! I hope everyone is doing well and took a little time out of their day to pay respect to those who died 8 years ago. It’s a little weird to be in a foreign country for 9/11; there’s hasn’t been any mention of it here though I did talk with the fellow Americans in the group this morning. Anyway, here’s how yesterday and today went:

Thursday:

Breakfast (which is the same thing every morning: lots of bread and meat, a hard-boiled egg, juice, and cereal) and then off again to the university. The first lecture was a little boring and dry, but I tried to take as many notes as I could. We went to Café Slavia again which is okay because it’s just around the corner so it’s convenient and the food is very nice. My friend Elena and I each ordered a slice of cake after and mine (chocolate raspberry) was quite delicious. Back to classes where the lectures got a little better though the day seemed very long. I finally headed home at around 6 and the rest of the group starting getting ready for the big pub and club night. I really am not a drinker or a clubber so after talking it over with Elena we decided that we wanted to stay home and have another free night. We went to Tesco (a big supermarket/Wal-mart) to pick up some dinner and then headed back to the hall. It was really nice to have the hall floor quiet for a few hours and to just relax and go to bed early. I asked a few girls from the group the next morning about the clubbing and they said it was really bad because the DJ’s only played old 80’s music. So I think staying home was the right choice.

Friday:

This morning classes did not start until 10am to accommodate the students who stayed out late, but 9 students still did not show up for class (apparently they just slept the whole day). I felt very refreshed today and enjoyed the classes which focused on the different political parties that are found in the Central European countries. For lunch we had a nice picnic at a park by our building; we were down by the river and the view was incredible. I could’ve sat and stared at the scenery for the rest of the day. After that, it was back to class and then back to the hall. I usually take the bus and metro to get home, but today I took the tram which was a nice experience. However, the transportation drivers in this city can drive quite crazily; they break fast and hit the gas even faster. Nevertheless, I was able to see a whole part of the city that I hadn’t. It’s now around 10:30pm here and I’m going to get ready for bed soon because we all have to get up very very early tomorrow morning. We take a 7am train to Cesky Krumlov which is a city in the southern part of the country where we’ll spend the entire day.

I’ll write again soon.

Marisa