!Ahoy! (thats how you say "hello" in Czech)

SO AMPED! SO JET LAGED! FINALLY IN PRAGUE!! YAAAAAAAAAAY

We finally arrived in Prague today at about noon after leaving Boston yesterday afternoon. Or possibly the day before.The flight was fine except for a few screming foreign children, and we even got to see the sunrise in London while we waited for the connecting flight. I've only seen a bit of the city on the ride from the airport, but it's all big hills with lots of pretty houses and very skinny people. My dorm, Kolej (like Cool-lay) Komenskeho (like Komenskeho) is the exception to this rule. It is a very attractive cement block occupied by not so skinny Americans and Canadians. It actually looks a lot like Hecht but with lace curtains instead of hurricane shutters. All of the girls from Miami have a suite of rooms connected to an appartment occupied by our "dorm parents", Suzana and Jan Winerova. Jan is 90 and a Holocaust survivor. Suzana is 28 years younger than him and they met when she took his course at this university. This is how she introduced herself.

I am fairly convinced that our bathroom stall is in motion. When I go and and close the door behind me, I feel the entire room sway. I'll keep you updated when I figure out why this happens. Other than this small quirk, our dorm is nice and we plan to make it more "homey" by purchasing decorations like trash cans and soap!

After we moved into our yellow suite we walked around our neighborhood and discovered that most shops are closed on Saturdays, inculding those that sell porn, coffee, bread, and electronics. We did find a Vietnamese grocer who was open. I fell madly in love with him as I was exceptionally hangry after being up for 3 days.

Tonight we are going to a pub with the Miami group and Suzana and then tomorrow she is taking us to the Castle, which is suppoedly right near here. Maybe the Vietnamese grocer actually lives there. I love him. And I'm loopy. I will say something coherant tomorrow. Ok fin.