Which means "Happy Birthday to me..." Thanks for the wishes everyone! I celebrated in New York and in Atlanta before I left so the 21st birthday in Prague was really just icing on the cake. Which was carrot by the way, because somehow my mother can find a way to get a birthday cake to me even from a different continent and time zone.
Sorry I haven't updated this week, but to be honest nothing that exciting has been happening! We are in orientation 9 am-5 pm which includes intensive Czech language courses and then a series of lectures on Eastern European culture, education, history, architecture, etc. Some of the lectures have been really really interesting, like the Holocaust survivor today who told us in detail about his time at the camp as teenager. Some are rather boring and long-winded, like the professor who discussed philosophy in the Eastern European context.
I have been exploring the city a lot during our lunch breaks and in the evenings and have finally managed to find my way around for the most part! (Thank you Google Maps!) Yesterday i realized that a road right by our apartment takes you directly into the old town square in about five minutes. We had been doing a giant 20 minute loop and entering from the other side of the square. I think its so amazing how you can be walking down the little cobblestoned streets and tiny passageways and all of a sudden be in the middle of this huge open square with gorgeous architecture and an amazing astronomical clock. It is also chock full of tourists at all times of day and night. The best part of this city is that its really really safe and violent crime is about non-existent. I love being able to wander around the city and along the river and discover neighborhoods i would never purposefully go to.
I'm sad to say I haven't done many of the tourist sights yet. They say you can see everything in Prague in four days, but i think it will definitely take four months for me to get to every spot! I haven't been to the museums and churches and other sights yet (not even Prague castle!) but I wanted to feel like I lived here before i became a tourist. I think I'm going to spend all weekend seeing the sights. Or wait for people to come visit me!
I wish I could post pictures but my camera screen has somehow cracked in half and I need to replace it or buy a new camera. They will come soon, promise!
Until then, Dobry vecher. Na schlecdanou. (Goodnight and Goodbye).
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