Pictures of Prague! I know they are kind of small but you can click on any of them to enlarge the photo =)
Friday, February 13, 2009
Mas Picturas de Praha
Pictures of Prague! I know they are kind of small but you can click on any of them to enlarge the photo =)
Thursday, February 12, 2009
First Week of School
So my weekend has officially started! I'm super excited that I have a four day weekend to look forward to every week. Mad props to my amazing scheduling skills!
Monday I had Money and Banking which is my finance class and the instructor is a really nice guy and is pretty easy to understand. It looks like it will be an interesting class as well. Hppefully I will learn a lot.
Tuesday I had Prague Art and Architecture which will be more of a challenge due to the instructor being somewhat difficult to understand. But it seems like she will lecture for about an hour and then we will go exploring to see the buildings and churches. We went to see Prague Castle for our first class and thankfully I had my camera and remembered to charge it the other day so I had a full battery. I took a ton of pictures so I guess I will post those soon. And I have to keep a sketchbook for this class, so maybe I'll take some pictures of my wonderful drawings and let y'all see my amazing artistic skills (which really aren't that good, haha).
Wednesday I had two classes. First I had Economics of Post-Communist countries which seems like it will be pretty fun. I really like the teacher, he reminds me of Mr. Sturgeon from high school. He's laidback and "liberal" which he said meant he was understanding and wouldn't make us do something we didn't really want to do. I'm not sure exactly what he meant by that... haha. After that I had Intro to Management where my teacher is Irish and seems really cool. It looks like it could be one of my more challenging classes but I'm looking forward to it.
So far the classes have been somewhat mixed as far as Americans and others to go. The Prague Art and Architecture was mostly Americans but the Finance class had a few more international kids mixed in. My Economics class is pretty much all Americans and then Management is almsot 50/50. The classes run pretty small, about 20 people in each, so it will hopefully be easy to participate. Also I have been lucky and all my classes so far have someone in them that I have met.
Tuesday night we had Taco Tuesday with some of the girls who live upstairs so that was good to have some Mexican food and a little taste of home. Today after I woke up, Kayla and I went to lunch and had some goulash and it was really good! It was basically pot roast in this really yummy sauce. Prague food is turning out to be pretty fabulous.
And just a tip for all of you who are thinking about coming here, sweatpants are apparently not worn anywhere. Kayla and I went to McDonalds one night because we were starving and I was cold so I wore my sweatpants with my boots. Apparently this is not proper attire for a visit to McDonald's because I got some mean looks. I guess pepto-bismol pink sweats though aren't the most inconspicuous. But that's a little tidbit for you if you plan on coming to Prague =)
I'll try to post some pictures soon and I think I'll try to update the blog every Sunday and Thursday. Hopefully. So until then... ciao!
Monday I had Money and Banking which is my finance class and the instructor is a really nice guy and is pretty easy to understand. It looks like it will be an interesting class as well. Hppefully I will learn a lot.
Tuesday I had Prague Art and Architecture which will be more of a challenge due to the instructor being somewhat difficult to understand. But it seems like she will lecture for about an hour and then we will go exploring to see the buildings and churches. We went to see Prague Castle for our first class and thankfully I had my camera and remembered to charge it the other day so I had a full battery. I took a ton of pictures so I guess I will post those soon. And I have to keep a sketchbook for this class, so maybe I'll take some pictures of my wonderful drawings and let y'all see my amazing artistic skills (which really aren't that good, haha).
Wednesday I had two classes. First I had Economics of Post-Communist countries which seems like it will be pretty fun. I really like the teacher, he reminds me of Mr. Sturgeon from high school. He's laidback and "liberal" which he said meant he was understanding and wouldn't make us do something we didn't really want to do. I'm not sure exactly what he meant by that... haha. After that I had Intro to Management where my teacher is Irish and seems really cool. It looks like it could be one of my more challenging classes but I'm looking forward to it.
So far the classes have been somewhat mixed as far as Americans and others to go. The Prague Art and Architecture was mostly Americans but the Finance class had a few more international kids mixed in. My Economics class is pretty much all Americans and then Management is almsot 50/50. The classes run pretty small, about 20 people in each, so it will hopefully be easy to participate. Also I have been lucky and all my classes so far have someone in them that I have met.
Tuesday night we had Taco Tuesday with some of the girls who live upstairs so that was good to have some Mexican food and a little taste of home. Today after I woke up, Kayla and I went to lunch and had some goulash and it was really good! It was basically pot roast in this really yummy sauce. Prague food is turning out to be pretty fabulous.
And just a tip for all of you who are thinking about coming here, sweatpants are apparently not worn anywhere. Kayla and I went to McDonalds one night because we were starving and I was cold so I wore my sweatpants with my boots. Apparently this is not proper attire for a visit to McDonald's because I got some mean looks. I guess pepto-bismol pink sweats though aren't the most inconspicuous. But that's a little tidbit for you if you plan on coming to Prague =)
I'll try to post some pictures soon and I think I'll try to update the blog every Sunday and Thursday. Hopefully. So until then... ciao!
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Learning our way around.
Well, it is now Sunday and class starts tomorrow and I still am not on Czech time completely. So these last couple of days I haven't been able to sleep until late and then I wake up late and half the day is gone! But we're doing the best we can with the daylight we get.
Thursday we just had a chill day and went to the Palladium a mall that's close to us. It has over 200 stores including Clinique, Sephora, H&M, Starbucks, Albert (a grocery store), Promod (a clothing store), Puma, and many more that I just can't remember. We went to check it out and didn't end up buying anything but some groceries. I got some nutella! Yummy goodness! and some pretzels for dipping in the nutella. After that we spent a night in and just chilled and got to know each other a little better and tried (unsuccessfully) to go to bed early.
Friday we took a trip to Tesco which is sort of like a European version of Wal-mart. There we were able to buy some bowls, since apparently they like shallow bowls (like an inch deep) here which is not really convenient when you want a big bowl of cereal. We also were able to get some more necessary goods like shampoo and toilet paper (which was scented! Never have I ever seen scented toilet paper!). So Tesco was an adventure with its 5 stories.
Saturday we went back to the Palladium and Kayla and I shopped for some dresses. It was somewhat a hard thing to do, so I guess Europeans don't wear dresses as often as we do, but we prevailed! And found some worthy of buying at H&M. While there I also had some delicious Mango gelato for 1.75! A whole sugar cone for 1.75! I don't think I'll want to pay $3 for ice cream when I come back home after being spoiled like this. We also went to dinner at a restaurant on the square and I had a delicious meal of chicken breast with a pear on top and mango chutney. Really, really good.
Today we had our walking tour so we went up to Prague Castle and it is beyond beautiful! Unfortunately, I forgot to charge my camera so I don't have many pictures, but I will definitely make it up there again so I can get some good pictures. That's all that we've really done so far today. I think we're about to go to the store and buy some pasta to make for dinner tonight.
So far we've met all sorts of people. Apparently Prague is an international town, attracting all sorts of people. We've met Australians, Slovenians, Serbians, Brits, Indians, Czechs, and Germans. It seems like lots of people come here for the weekends and such.
The food has exceeded my expectations as well. I was thinking I would have sausage every meal and lots of potatoes but I've had chicken and some really good bagels. Apparently bagels are really big here and we're lucky enough to live around the corner from the famous bagel place called Bohemian Bagel. It's really good, and fortunately they have a menu in English, so no translation problems. Lots of people speak english here, I guess because it's so international and lots of people have to learn english so it’s the go to language so everyone can communicate with each other. It's kind of cool and definitely has its perks for us.
The buildings here are also beautiful. Gothic and baroque architecture and so old looking. The other European cities I've been lucky enough to visit have buildings with a lot more modern facades, so Prague is different in that it's less modernized and has that old timey feeling. It's beautiful. When we were up at Prague Castle we could look down and see basically the whole city and just the colors are fantastic, the reds and yellows and greys and greens; it makes a beautiful landscape.
I've posted some pictures below so check those out and you can learn the faces of some of my roommates and see some pics of the town.
Thursday we just had a chill day and went to the Palladium a mall that's close to us. It has over 200 stores including Clinique, Sephora, H&M, Starbucks, Albert (a grocery store), Promod (a clothing store), Puma, and many more that I just can't remember. We went to check it out and didn't end up buying anything but some groceries. I got some nutella! Yummy goodness! and some pretzels for dipping in the nutella. After that we spent a night in and just chilled and got to know each other a little better and tried (unsuccessfully) to go to bed early.
Friday we took a trip to Tesco which is sort of like a European version of Wal-mart. There we were able to buy some bowls, since apparently they like shallow bowls (like an inch deep) here which is not really convenient when you want a big bowl of cereal. We also were able to get some more necessary goods like shampoo and toilet paper (which was scented! Never have I ever seen scented toilet paper!). So Tesco was an adventure with its 5 stories.
Saturday we went back to the Palladium and Kayla and I shopped for some dresses. It was somewhat a hard thing to do, so I guess Europeans don't wear dresses as often as we do, but we prevailed! And found some worthy of buying at H&M. While there I also had some delicious Mango gelato for 1.75! A whole sugar cone for 1.75! I don't think I'll want to pay $3 for ice cream when I come back home after being spoiled like this. We also went to dinner at a restaurant on the square and I had a delicious meal of chicken breast with a pear on top and mango chutney. Really, really good.
Today we had our walking tour so we went up to Prague Castle and it is beyond beautiful! Unfortunately, I forgot to charge my camera so I don't have many pictures, but I will definitely make it up there again so I can get some good pictures. That's all that we've really done so far today. I think we're about to go to the store and buy some pasta to make for dinner tonight.
So far we've met all sorts of people. Apparently Prague is an international town, attracting all sorts of people. We've met Australians, Slovenians, Serbians, Brits, Indians, Czechs, and Germans. It seems like lots of people come here for the weekends and such.
The food has exceeded my expectations as well. I was thinking I would have sausage every meal and lots of potatoes but I've had chicken and some really good bagels. Apparently bagels are really big here and we're lucky enough to live around the corner from the famous bagel place called Bohemian Bagel. It's really good, and fortunately they have a menu in English, so no translation problems. Lots of people speak english here, I guess because it's so international and lots of people have to learn english so it’s the go to language so everyone can communicate with each other. It's kind of cool and definitely has its perks for us.
The buildings here are also beautiful. Gothic and baroque architecture and so old looking. The other European cities I've been lucky enough to visit have buildings with a lot more modern facades, so Prague is different in that it's less modernized and has that old timey feeling. It's beautiful. When we were up at Prague Castle we could look down and see basically the whole city and just the colors are fantastic, the reds and yellows and greys and greens; it makes a beautiful landscape.
I've posted some pictures below so check those out and you can learn the faces of some of my roommates and see some pics of the town.
Pictures, Pictures, Pictures!
Dinner the first night, Italiano! Kayla, Me, Brittney, and Sarah
So colorful!
Brittney, Me, Kayla, and Christina in the Square
All the girls plus some from upstairs: Back--Sarah Weiss, Jenna (upstairs), Lindsey (upstairs), Brigid, Me, Justine, Katie & Katie (upstairs); Front--Sara Winters, Brittney, Olivia, Diana
An end of the Charles Bridge
A closer vantage point of the towers in the square
Kayla's bed kind of... fell...
Me and Martin, one of the Slovenians
Brigid, me and an Indian guy we met. I believe it was his birthday
Sara Winters and Diana
Brigid, Olivia, and Justine
Sarah Weiss and I, the two basketball players. Ballin'!
Kayla and I
Gossip Girls viewing party: Christina, Olivia, Diana, Brigid, and Sarah
Kayla and I in front of the Astronomical Clock
the Two Towers
Me rejoicing being in Prague and in the square.
Charles Bridge!
The clock tower
Approaching the square near our flat
The Australian boys we met: Tom and Dan
Brittney Danberry, Kayla Haats, and me
Brittney Danberry, Kayla Haats, and me
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