Weekend adventures in Praha-ha-ha-ha

On Thursday we went to the ballet at the National Theatre. Everyone dressed up and the theatre is gorgeous. Instead of one long ballet we saw four smaller pieces of all varieties. My favorite was a very modern piece with 10 male ballerinas and 10 trampolines. They each had their own personality, character and form of dance and what could be more fun then ballerinas on trampolines? The theatre was gorgeous, the only thing that put a damper on the evening was that we had our intensive Czech final the next day. But I just got it back and received an –A! This is fantastic considering it is 25% of my Czech grade!

Friday after my Intensive Czech final and scavenger hunt, I headed back towards home to find that there was a wine festival at the square by my apartment. They had a ton of little venders selling hand made goods, food, and burčak, a Czech specialty, which is basically premature wine. It is both sweet and sour and is very tasty. They also had people dressed up and performing. It was a lot of fun to participate in a Czech tradition with the locals. We tested the new wine and eat some traditional foods!

Saturday was so much fun! We went to Petrin Hill and say the rose gardens and imitation Eiffel tower on the top of the hill! There was also a fantastic view from the top of the hill! On the way down we discovered apple trees, and went from tree to tree climbing and collecting the most delicious apples. We ended up in the center of Prague castle after apple picking and then we all went home. Later that night my flat-mates and I were lost looking for one of our favorite hangout places and ran into some friendly Danish men who enjoyed our company for the remainder of the night.

We live really close to a bunch of other CIEE students, who all live in the same apartment building and so Sunday morning we made eggs, hash browns, and apple crisp with our thousands of apples and invited them over for brunch. Besides that we basically relaxed and got ready for our first week of real classes. Around 7 our Czech buddy/ flat mate took us to an Italian restaurant. It was amazing! I had gnocchi and then for desert, we had pancakes stuffed with ice-cream and fruit! All-in-all I’m having a great time! Of course I miss you all and I hate not being there for all the sports victories and blue-ribbon ceremonies, but time is flying and I will be home soon enough, wishing I was here. Haha. Love you all!

Mollywog