its COLD here

Wednesday and Thursday consisted of Orientation at the Institute and a bit more exploring around Prague. Wednesday night we took the tram a really long way to a Monestary where we had traditional Czech food. We lost 3 students along the way, most likely in the midst of switching and getting off trams which can be tricky, but they seemed to make it home safe and sound. The Czech food was delicious! I had a potato pancake with chicken and vegetables in the middle. After dinner we walked around the castle and across the Charles bridge to explore it at night. It was really pretty and I tried to take some pictures but it was FREEZING!!! Even with two pairs of pants on, two socks, boots, gloves, a scarf and winter coat, its really cold. Thursday was cold as well. We went to see the Institute of Applied Arts because their students were having a midterm review type thing and there stuff was being displayed. All of the work was amazing. The fashion pieces were really great and inspiring. It was cool to see work of other students that are working in the same environment we will be working in. Tomorrow morning, Friday, at 6:30 we are flying out of Prague for Paris until Monday. I will post pictures and plenty of info about Paris when I get back!! 

"Open Mic Night"

So some how I get rigged into performing at an open mic night. We all know I don't sing so thank god I didn't have to sing but instead I clanked two tin spice cans together like cymbals... We performed "Whip It" by Devo under the cover name Pevo. Pevo in Czech means "one beer". Its what you say at a restaurant or bar... Well after getting rigged into the performance group and "practicing" for 20 min, Jess and I got dressed in our Devo costumes... black turtleneck, black leggings, black boots, 80's sunglasses and wait... plastic dog food bowls on our heads like the Devo hats... It was too much. In such a get up, I thought we would be going to a loud bar and be silly and funny and just make a fool of ourselves. No apparently, we got invited to this open mic the night before by a Czech, which is a big deal, and he just told us where to go. It turned out to be more like a dinner theater, catered food, wine, candles on the table... the whole nine yards and the crazy Americans walk in... Their "open mic" performances consisted of funny skits, poetry, guitars and even a guy with a saxaphone... We looked so silly, but it was an awesome experience for only my 2nd night in Prague. Hopefully the rest of the trip will be just as eventful!

Day 2: Tuesday Jan 27th

Things accomplished in the past 24 hours: (Jessica and Katelyn)

• SHOWER!!! an acoomplishment because we had to rent towels from the hotel and we had to figure out how to manage that...
• ate at 3 DIFFERENT restaurants ( Italian, Mexican, Pizza)
• visited internet cafe twice
• found multiple ATMs
• rode the Metro
• rode the Tram
• went shopping :)
• went/ performed at a Czech open mic/dinner party...very interesting.

About performing at the open mic... will come later...

Traveling to Prague

Newburgh, IN to Lousiville, KY to Charlotte, NC to Frankfurt, Germany to Prague, Czech Republic....

What a trip! But luckily I got to experience it all with my friend Jessica who is my roomate in Prague and taking the same classes as me. It was a pretty easy trip. The only glitch was that my luggage got left in Frankfurt. We were on our little plane from Frankfurt to Prague and I looked down and saw my luggage sitting on the tarmac as we were taxiing away for take off... All I could do was wave goodbye and figure out how to get it when I got to Prague. It was a blessing in disguise because they delivered my luggage later that evening and I didn't have to worry about hauling it to the hotel.

Day 1: We found an internet cafe (just a block away) to get in touch with everyone and managed to eat a decent dinner (pasta) with two other students in the program. Overall a successful day.