Your My Mate...Busy week in Prague

Ahoj!

Another week has come and gone in Prague and i love it! This week was very fun and busy at the same time. I am so happy our Intensive Czech Language class is finally over! I can now confidently order a beer and ask for directions in Czech. Some things that I did this week...

Prague Zoo - After class one day we hoped on the tram and headed out to the Zoo. The animal lover in me was very happy. They have this room where you enter in through a dark curtain and real, live, blood sucking bats swoop over your head...no cage or anything. O and it is pitch black. I screamed like a little girl when the first one rushed over my head. Also, we got about two feet away from a baby elephant!

Vltava River Cruise - On Thursday our program took us all for a lovely river boat cruise down the Vltava River, which runs through Prague. We received an email the day before saying that we would be swimming...ok. Well just by looking at the river its not what you call "clean" but I brought my suit anyways. So after dinner, drinks and such we docked and it was time for swimming. I figured "swimming" meant splashing around for a bit and coming back abroad. No, no...we swam about 700M's upstream. I literally thought I was going to have to stay in that river forever, because I was going to drown. The worst part is one of our teachers, a sweet 60 year old man with an old man belly, who probably smoked at least 4-5 cigarettes before hand, somehow beat me up and down the river. Maybe the Czech's know something we don't. All in all a very lovely evening.

Going out in Prague - These first couple weeks we have been going out a lot, but its such a good time you really can't help it. Gieger (the guy in the suit) works for USAC in Prague and takes us out and shows us where some sweet clubs and bars are. There's never a dull moment with Gieger around. Its also fun not to worry about how to get places or who is driving, like back home. Just take your drink with you and hop on the metro and your there. I think us girls decided that taking classy metro pictures before heading out is a must now. One more thing...even the McDonald's here likes to party. In the bathroom, blue neon lights guide your way and techno music is being pumped out of the speakers...and yes, you can buy beer there.

Also, i burned a huge chunk of my hair off....in Europe they have different outlets than we do so you need adapters and converters to use things you bring from home (computer, camera charger, etc.) Well I went to use my three barrel crimper and forgot to use the wattage converter...in turn it became so hot that when I put it in my hair, smoke erupted and it sniged a complete piece off. The burnt hair smell filled our entire apartment building.

Last night we finished booking our plans to attend Oktoberfest next weekend!!! Its probably going to be the craziest experience of my young life. Can't wait!!!

Tonight I am running in the Prague Grand Prix 5K through Old Town Square! Should be a good run! Wish me luck!

Nessie