sunny skies

Another nice weekend spent in Prague and a few jaunts out of the city...

This past week was pretty good, aside from the fact that the professors have decided to add about 8,000 unnecessary and previously unannounced assignments to Blackboard. I have a too much silly busy work now because they forgot to assign discussion questions earlier. neat.

Tuesday my globalization class met with our 3 professors for drinks at a Pulp Fiction themed pub. it was awkward to say the least. However, as they had some pivos (beers), we learned some interesting facts. Dr. S has a small castle 28 minutes from Prague that has been in his family since the middle ages. It is surrounded by a small forest filled with wild board that he roasts over his home-made charcoal. He also has a small vineyard in Croatia where he and his brother make something that sounds a lot like moonshine. He is now actively counting the days until he can draw on his pension and reside in the castle. Dr. H is afraid of sharks and Dr. K still doesn't know enough English to be teaching this class, even when he's drunk.

Friday I went on a day trip to Cesky Raj, which is north of Prague. We went on a hike in "the Czech Eden", which is near the city of Turnov. The hike was really pretty and the view from the top was amazing. Next we went to the Czech garnet factory and saw all of the parts of the jewelry making process. The stones are really beautiful but it's a hell of a process to make anything out of the. We had lunch in Turnov and then went to a glass bead factory. Naturally, i was in craft heaven. At the end of the day we went to a castle on a cliff only to find that it doesn't open until May 1st. wamp wamp.

Friday night I had an interview on skype for UMTV. i didn't wear any pants.

Saturday I spent relaxing in Praha- I went to my special secret garden and to a very entertaining karaoke bar at night. There were about 12 songs in English so Erin and I entertained the drunks with "Hey Jude".

Today I went on another day trip to Lidice, which was a small village outside of Prague. The entire village was destroyed in 1942 by the Nazis in connection with the Czech paratroopers assassination of Hitler's right hand man, Heydrich. To get back at the Czechs, Hitler ordered the entire village to be destroyed. All of the men were shot on the spot and the women and children were sent to concentration camps. All of the homes were burned down and then the entire site was bulldozed. The Nazis even dug up the graves next to the church to destroy everything they could. The site is now a beautiful park and a museum, but the whole place is very haunting.

Now I have to haul ass to finish these papers and assignments so I can have fun in the lovely weather!