Weekend # 1

The first weekend in Prague was full of lots of sightseeing and aimless wandering. On friday (the first day of our consistant three day weekends) Sagar and I went to the Communist Museum (pretty interesting but not all that well done) then went back to the Jerome house to meet up with a group of our TAs to go to a beer garden and hang out for a little while then eat and hang out for the rest of the night. Saturday a group of us went to the Lesser quarter to see a few absolutely gorgeous cathedrals, a very interesting day. So it was sunday morning and I was looking for a church, i searched online and found what was supposed to be an english language service at an old church literally ten feet from my front door. I went but sadly it was a special sunday service that started at ten. I hung around outside till it got out and went inside to speak chat with the pastor. Turns out he was a man who grew up in Albert Lee, Minnesota, and went to the U of M . . . small world . . . who had been in prague for the last fifteen years starting the lutheran church here and was going home for good this coming wednesday. Then i took a post church nap and went on a tour of the Jewish Quarter with one of our history profs. After we got back I got to talk to court for about two hours (thanks to her finding a 3.5 cent per minute calling deal!) which was a real gift. I wont go around gushing, but its hard to be apart . . . really hard. Then i spent the next four hours off and on trying to call my parents, but I kept getting a busy signal. So id call every half hour, then go get a gyro or crepe in between (not a bad deal). I finally got through on my last attempt for the night (the phone had been left slightly off the hook all afternoon) and got to catch up with my folks and annie. Then off to bed and ready to start the week. This morning our history class went on a tour around the prague castle (but not in it sadly) then i did some homework in the afternoontime and took my daily nap. Now I'm going to start my incredibly culturally sensitive new section called ...

THINGS THAT ARE WEIRD IN PRAGUE: KFC

The first oddity of KFC in the Czech Republic is just that: there is KFC in the Czech Republic. Not only does it exist, it is the single most common eatery whithin a mile radius of my dorm (with three, greater than McDonalds two). Not bad, i thought to myself, ill go get some chicken, a biscuit and some mac n' cheese. FALSE. The only sides they have are fries and mashed potatoes. They also serve freakin fried chicken tacos which are basically a gordita with a crispy strip subsitituted for the grade F meat.

and finally the QUOTE OF THE DAY:

"Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods."

-C.S. Lewis