Wow, I have been bust but here is the update for the last week...it is going
to be brief because I have to be up in 3 hrs to get on a bus to Poland...
We travelled to Cesky Krumlov last weekend- A very cool little town in the
Czech. On the way there we stopped at Pibram prison, which is where the Soviets
sent political prisoners and made them mine for uranium. We also stopped at the
Platan Brewery. Now that was a sight to see! Haha of course we finished it with
a tasting...the dark beer was by far the best. Me and Paul roomed together; he
is a cool kid from Boston so of course we get along.
That night we went out of course...we went to the "Music Bar" and
had buckets (literally) of mojitos...yummy
Friday we toured the Cesky Krumlov Castle with Bryce, an American who now
lives in the CZ. He was a real cool guy and had a lot of info. The castle was
cool because it has the same set-up of everything inside as it did in its
prime. We then had the afternoon off, which I spent most of sleeping. Friday
night we had a group dinner at the Egenburg brewery. What a great time, Eva set
it up for us to have our own private band which we danced the night away too.
Did I mention I never want to leave this country?
Saturday we went for a hike. We toured the Sudenland which is the land that Czechoslovakia
gave to Hitler to try and stop war from happening (obviously didn’t work) It
was cool seeing what used to be towns, great views and fighting off tics. It
was a good 6-7 mile hike, but the views were awesome and it was good to get
outside and walk around. After some resting a bunch of us went out for food to
a place where Bryce was playing his guitar. Again another awesome night. To put
the night into perspective I had to walk one of our professor’s home, as she
was wasted and couldn’t find her way.
Sunday, simply put, was awesome. We went "white-water" rafting, only
due to a lack of snow this winter is wasn’t really "white-water" at
all. Ever float down a lazy river? That’s what it pretty much was, only in an 8
person raft, and another 7 rafts floating with you. It involved very little
paddling, the sun was out, and awesome people in my boat. We floated for 5
hours down the river! I could have done it for days! After that we came back to
Prague...home sweet home...
Since then I have basically been busy doing school work and going to class. Met
a few people from Yale as they are using the same classrooms as us.
Well it's 12:30 here and I have to be on a bus at 4:30 to go to Krakow, Poland
for the weekend and I still have to pack so its time for me to go. Sorry for
the brief and delayed update, but I really have no free time here as I am
always on the go...don’t get me wrong, I love it! Possibly an update before Monday
but don’t count on it. Should be an interesting trip....
Hope everyone is safe and enjoying their summer back home, I know I am!
Stay tuned for more...
