IF YOU HAVE NEVER bothered to take the time to look up a word in the Czech language, then consider yourself lucky, because it resembles no form of communication I've ever seen on this planet.
Scott and I wrapped up our Spring Break this weekend with a three day trip to Prague. We left on Thursday afternoon. I was nervous about the amount of English they would speak there. I'd never been to the city and was hoping, that like every other European city I've seen so far, that they spoke at least a small amount.
We arrived Thursday afternoon and took a shuttle service to our hostel. I was pleasantly surprised to hear Michael Jackson playing on the radio during the ride (gotta love that globalization. can't escape the king!). Like I'd hoped, just about everyone spoke a little English, so communication was no problem. But it was still a little weird seeing words in Czech (e.g. if you wanted "tickets" for something, you would be asking for "vstupenky" in Czech). We went out to dinner, and I had potato dumplings filled with meat, which was pretty good.
Friday was our touring day. Before our tour, I had a steak dish which was good. We went around to see the Prague Castle, the Lennon Wall (wall with graffiti that pays tribute to John Lennon), and walked over the Charles Bridge. I had goulash for dinner, which is a meat dish with sauce and bread dumplings, which was very good. Saturday we did another quick walk around the city.
Prague is a very cool city. It was really cold for the whole weekend. The only day of sunshine we had was on Saturday, which might have brought the temperature up to the mid-30's. I was relieved to come back to the weather in Rome, which was mid-60's and sunny today.
This week, I get back to classes, starting tomorrow. Check back for more updates.
JC
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