Recap

Apologies for my slowness. But now that that's out of the way, I'll tell you about the past few weeks!  Munich for Oktoberfest was fabulous, and it was great to see my friend Jori, who I hadn't seen in months.

Then the 'rents and Greg invaded Prague.  They are the luckiest weather witches I have ever met.  Currently, it's 45 degrees F outside and cloudy.  It's been raining.  But while they were here?  In the 60s and sunny practically every day.  Why they insisted on stealing such beautiful weather for me, I don't know.  But I miss sunshine and 80 degree weather - I'm glad this semester is going to end with a beach Christmas!

So, the fam was here, and we had a lovely weekend of exploring Prague (hopefully, by now, their legs have recovered from walking literally the entire city).  Now, I'm being pulled down the drain that is mid-terms week.  This past weekend was spent vaguely studying and writing papers, but mostly sleeping - was feeling sick on Thursday and promptly took that as an excuse to sleep almost the entire day on Friday.  I needed a chill weekend, if nothing else than for preparation for the next few weeks.

Dobrý Den!

Greetings from Praha! After a few weeks of "break" and "rest," I once again find myself in a new place, meeting new people and adjusting to a new language. And I already love it! Prague is even more beautiful than people made it out to be, and my dormitory is both conveniently located and super swanky. I'm living in a quad room, which joins with a double to form our cool little suite.

Nothing terribly exciting has happened so far (you know, other than that whole "I'm in Prague" thing). But today we had the first day of our orientation, featuring tours of the city center and an overload of information. I've already managed to get lost - the streets are maze-like in some areas, so I'll have to be constantly vigilant to make sure I always know where I am (although sometimes getting lost is the best part). Will also have to be constantly vigilant to make sure I don't get pick-pocketed. We've had a ton of warnings about that, so it sounds pretty common.

The people so far have all been very nice - my suitemates are lovely, and it was fun going out with most of them last night and wandering around with them today. Believe it or not, I'm really excited for my classes to start and for the weird orientation stage of the semester to be over, but at the same time I hope it doesn't go by too fast!

Anyway, there's my mini-update. Will keep you guys informed as I go through orientation and learn more about life here and whatnot. And let me know if you have questions!