So much has happened in the past week! For some reason, this week seemed to go by so much faster than the first week. I think it was probably because I started doing more and not spending so much time around the apartment. But anyways...
Karlovy Lazne was quite interesting. It's the 5 story dance club in the middle of Old Town, and we basically met someone from every country except the Czech Republic; it's a huge tourist trap, but it was a lot of fun, especially since basically everyone from USAC went and we all had a really good time. Each floor was a different theme, and of course there was an 80s/90s American pop floor, so naturally that's where I spent most of my time. Getting home was quite the adventure since the metro/trams stop running on a regular schedule at midnight, but that's a story for a different time.
The rest of the weekend I was just chilling, we went out and found some cool bars Saturday and Sunday night, but nothing too exciting. We also explored Mala Strana (Lesser Quarter) and the castle district across the river both days, which was really cool and absolutely gorgeous (I posted a ridiculous number of photos of it on facebook.) On Saturday the weather was beautiful so we walked across Charles Bridge and took a train to the top of Petrin Hill, which is the highest hill in the city. At the top you can look out and see all of Prague sprawling below you, which is so cool. On Sunday, we wandered more through Mala Strana and walked up the hill to the castle, which is just stunning. There's so much history to see here, it's amazing.
Monday started week 2 of intensive Czech language, so my mornings were spent once again holed up in a classroom trying to cram my brain full of one of the most difficult languages to learn, but I'm starting to catch on. We had our final yesterday and I got a 98/100, so hopefully that means something, especially since I'm taking Czech language during the regular semester, too. My afternoons during the week are mostly spent napping and cleaning the apartment or going shopping or whatever I can find to occupy my time, so that's my down time before everyone hangs out and gets dinner for the night.
Wednesday night we went to this really chill bar called the Cross Club where everything inside is made from old discarded metro and tram parts, and then we went to this dance club Mecca because it's college night on Wednesdays, so there's no cover. Dancing has totally become my thing here because there are so many dance clubs to go and they're all super fun, so I feel like I go all the time, but I love it.
Last night capped off the week because everyone went out to celebrate the end of the Czech intensive course by going to (yet another) night club, but it was super fun. Megan (who is also from UMD!) and I made friends with this group of Norwegian guys who were in Prague for the weekend for their friend's bachelor party, so we hung out with them all night and learned all about Norway and the places we should visit if we ever go. And then we left when the metro started running again this morning, it's so deceiving because the clubs here don't close around 3 like they do back home, they stay open as long as there are people there, so they're easily open until 5 or 6, which is crazy. Oops. I was supposed to go ice skating today, but that unfortunately didn't work out, so I'm just chilling now and I'll probably go to the bank and grocery store later, but feel free to hit me up on skype if you want, it's quiet today, and I'm usually on whenever I'm in the apartment :) username: andrewcahoon
Sorry this is so ridiculously long, but I figured I'd talk about everything so that I can have a record for when I want to look back on this in the future and remember everything, too :) Enjoy!
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