Ahoj (Like a Pirates says) from Prague!

Czech it out! I finally arived in Prague Friday and this is my darling flat! Not ony is it pleasing to the eye but it is also very safe. There is a special lock that gets us in the front door and then two locks on our flat door, plus a dead bolt. I practically have to wish myself into it. I go to class in Vysehrad and I live up and to the right in Varšavská street. I take a tram and metro and then I have a good hike to the study center. On a good day it takes about 20 minutes. I catch the tram at Námĕsti míru which means peace square or something like that. In the middle of the square is this fabulous church!

Anyways, back to my flat. I share a room with a "Czech" buddy and then there are two other American girls that live here too! I have a giant closet, but not much to put in it. haha. I also have a cute little kitchen with everything I need. And of course there is a nicely furnished living/dining room. The bathroom is my favorite part! It is fabulous! We have two and a half bathrooms so there is no fighting over who showers first. The one connected to my room is the best! It has a giant bathtub!

I started intensive Czech language classes on Monday and I already had have a Czech quiz today. Imagine! My third day of class and I had a quiz! I am in the beginner class, but I feel like I'm in the fast track! In my head I sound very good, but I get nervous before I have to speak and what I say comes out completely wrong. I need to work on my pronunciation. Which is unfortunate because they say that the Czech people will forgive you for grammar and spelling, but pronunciation is the most important! Anyways we learn Czech language for about 4 hours in the morning sometimes more, with some breaks, for the next two weeks.

One up side to having Czech cass is I can now tell what I am purchasing in the grocery store. Saturday I stood in the dairy section for what seemed like an eternity trying to figure out what was creamer. Finally I went with something that showed a picture of it being poured into coffee. ha-ha. Then I proceeded to do the same thing in front of what I thought was the sugar... No splenda. I'm getting a little better now.

The 22 is when the real classes/fun begin. I'll still have Czech Monday-Thursday at 8:30, but at least it will be a change of pace! I got my schedule and you can see my classes on the right. They ended up being all almost back to back on Monday and Wednesday, so I can start traveling as soon as Czech is done Thursday morning! Meanwhile these next two weeks in the afternoon/night they have activities planned for us.

Last night we went to a giant place with pool, bowling, air hockey and of course a bar. There are bars everywhere in Prague! Pivó is Czech for beer by the way. I'm still not totally about bee but I had a kick ass rum and coke last night, made with Czech rum. It was delisous, just like drinking candy! Also Today we went on a guided tour of the town surrownding Prague castle. It was fun and I'll definatly go back to check out the inside. We had a great view of all of Prague and this is only one shot.

Anyways ust saying greetings from Praha! I love and miss you all!

Mollywog