Greetings from the Czech Republic!!! After a 13-hr delay from British Airways in the lovely Logan airport, I finally arrived in Prague (Praha), last Saturday morning. Everything here is amazing – like I’ve told some people already, I feel as though I’m in a fairytale. The buildings look so beautiful, gothic and picturesque that they almost appear to be surreal!
My apartment is fabulous, although the façade is a bit disconcerting sandwiched (no pun intended) between McDonalds and KFC complete with graffiti splashed all over the doors, and a death trap passed off as an elevator that requires a moment of silence and a few prayers to make it to the 6th floor! I’m sharing this cozy little apartment in local neighborhood, not yet discovered by tourists, with 4 other roommates! And, for those shopping fanatics, there is a mall complete with an H&M and Zara right next door. This could be dangerous!
The morning commute to school is, of course, an adventure. I would have nothing less actually. 5 minute metro ride to the train station from the old days of communism… then a 30 minute ride into a small town outside the city called Celakovice. Of course, the train itself is the actual adventure. Usually, we somehow always time it just right, so we get the run-down train with totally uncomfortable seats, with graffiti all over the place, and enough bounce in the ride to shake some sense into some of these crazy Thunderbirds I go to school with ;) No seriously, I feel like I’m on a roller coaster! Yet, even though it feels as though we’re riding besides the tracks instead of on them, and the train is so rundown it looks like it can fall apart at any bump – it’s still fun.
First day of classes consisted of an orientation, and then a scavenger hunt around Prague. Now, this would have been great, except, that there was practically a blizzard that blew through when my team and I were in the middle of hiking up the steepest hill in the city to get to the “Eiffel Tower” replica.. where we had to yet again climb more, as we scaled the stairs to the tower. Now my team was certainly not the most efficient team (but we actually got 3rd place!!)… as we didn’t reap the most points… but we certainly proved our athletic ability, as we climbed mountains in the blizzard, somehow covered about 4 more miles around the city than everyone else did, and hoofed it up the friggen Eiffel tower replica in the snow! But, it was all worth it when we finally arrived at the final destination to the lovely Chateau where we were treated to free drinks!
So, all in all, my first week in Praha has been a whirlwind – between moving in, trying to see as much of the city as I can including going to the symphony, and oh yeah – going to school!
Classes are difficult this semester – but I would expect nothing less. Finance 3, Accounting 3, Marketing 2, and Business Report Writing. Those are the balls and chains for me this term…. But, at least they are shaping up to be quite interesting. Hopefully in between the studying I’ll be able to see some cities around Europe!! Actually, speaking of which… tonight,.. Poland!!!!...
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