An abridged two weeks...

Dobry vecher!

I'm sorry i have not updated in awhile...my internet was stuck in Czech and I (embarrassingly enough) do not know enough Czech to figure out how to use this website!

So a brief list of the highlights of the last two weeks:

* I started classes, which are interesting although long (3 hour lectures) and a bit boring (the teachers are very very monotonous). I am taking two political science classes, an economics class, a comparative film class, a Prague "walking tour" class, and a Czech class. My teachers, while not that engaging, are very prominent Czech intellectuals--my Constitutionalism teacher actually wrote the Czech constitution in 1993 which is pretty interesting!

* I have been a tourist and visited the National Museum, the Dali Museum, the Charles Bridge, the St. Agnes Convent Museum, the Andy Warhol exhibit, Bethlehem Cathedral, and a bunch of other places! I am still getting lost a lot, but really starting to figure out how to get around by foot or using the trams and metro. I've realized that the streets and maps are very difficult to figure out and it's much easier to just remember landmarks and buildings. The nice thing is that it's a small city so i can easily remember the whole city center area!

* I went to the State Opera house last weekend and saw Strauss' Die Fioderhauss (sp?) which was hilarious and very entertaining. They had subtitles in Czech and English so I could follow the story line.

* I went with my program on a day trip outside Prague on Friday to see some little towns in the countryside, an old summer palace, and visit a vineyard and wine cellar (and do a wine tasting). It was great to get outside of the city for a bit and the countryside and mountains were very beautiful. We were off the regular tourist track and almost nobody spoke English, which was an interesting change from the area I live in.

I actually have homework to do for tomorrow, something i haven't experience in a while, so this will have to be short! I will update again soon and put up some more pictures!

Also, this blog may be following me to Hong Kong this summer...stay tuned...