“We’re a dream a baby’s having...” (How I Met Your Mother starts this week!) So the big talk
around town, especially being a study abroad student, is the fact that a
prohibition on hard alcohol is currently going on in the Czech Republic. 20
people have died so far but don’t worry, Mom it really doesn’t affect me since
I tend to stick to beer and wine. Even though coming here you would want to
visit the green fairy a few times, I can wait for it to pass.
Meanwhile this
was first week of classes. I have class Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Yes,
that means I have four-day weekends - life is rough. I’m taking
multiculturalism, art and architecture with a teacher who Rachel and I have
agreed resembles Umbridge and Global Economy, which I’ll probably fall asleep
in every week. I’ve also decided to add a gender studies class just for fun
because 1) my teacher is British 2) girl power 3) my teacher showed us this the
first day of class:
Remember to vote!
Speaking of One
Direction, Marisa, Erica and I definitely witnessed the whole bands’
doppelgangers coming out of the metro earlier this week. We also were flipped
off by a man holding his adorable chocolate lab on the escalator when all we
did was smile out of puppy envy. Oh, now I get it…the smiling blew our cover of
being American. Anywho…BONES.
This weekend we
visited the village of Kutna Hora where we got to see the famous bone chapel! It contains bones of about 40,000 plague victims, which are arranged into everything from chandeliers to the coat of arms of the Schwarzenberg noble family.
The moment I chose to
study abroad in Prague this is what I instantly looked forward to after
browsing through Lyndsey’s backpacking pictures. It had the feel of being in
Pirates of the Caribbean (you would have loved it, Molly!) and with our awesome
tour guide, who must have some Addam’s family blood in him with his
mad-scientist persona and a voice straight out of the Haunted Mansion ride it
made such a creepy place feel more complete. For example, he felt it necessary
to explain that the only thing you can do at the bone church is plan your
funeral. Yeah, can’t say that’s one of my priorities while studying abroad at
the age of 20. After going to the bone chapel we headed over to the St. Barbora
Cathedral where I’m not kidding: a real golden snitch is hidden. (Pretty sure
all the bones of the seekers are next door). It is the finest example of late gothic in Bohemia.
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| Erica, Rachel, Me, Marisa, and Arica |
We ended the trip by suiting up ;)
for the Medieval silver mines, which is not recommended for anybody who is the
slightest bit claustrophobic. Kutna Hora was the second most important town of medieval Bohemia and competed with Prague for political power and prestige. We got to walk through the actual dark, slippery,
narrow tunnels of the silver mines and if it weren’t for our hard hats I would be in
very much pain right now. “Pitch black” also has a whole new meaning to my
eyes (no pun intended) because in order to experience what it would have been like to get lost in the darkness of a mine we had to turn off our flashlights at one point. This has been the best field trip by far!
Note to self:
- Don’t go to Yes, Burger in the hopes of it tasting the way you’ve always imagined Good Burger to taste like.
- Free Sangria Night (for girls) is on Tuesdays at Bukowski's
- Hang-drying my underwear is something I may never get used to
- the grocery store Albert has jalapeños
Shout out to
best friends, neighbor gents, and all my lib studs I hope your first week of
classes went wonderfully!
Great video!!!
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