Telc

I just want to start by wishing my grandparents a Happy 50th Anniversary! I know that I am a few days early, but I leave for Moravia tomorrow morning and I'll be without internet access!

To catch you up on my adventures on this side of the world, I will quickly tell you about yesterday and today. Yesterday we went to a town called Telc near the Austrian border. It was about two and a half hours away but our bus driver was insane and we made it in about two hours. Anyway, while we were there we toured a really interesting castle/chateau. I'm not really sure which it was because our tour guide was so confusing. The poor girl looked like she was about 18, and the only words she seemed to know in English were those that she recited to a us like a record in each room we saw. Unfortunately we couldn't take pictures inside the rooms so all I have are pictures of the courtyards and the town itself. After the tour we had lunch at a Czech restaurant, and then we walked around the town and through a park. It was all so pretty.

When we got back we all napped for awhile. Then a LARGE group of people from my program decided to accompany me and my friends to an establishment where we were meeting up with Jenny and her friends. Since the metro stops running after midnight, we had to make sure we got going in time so that we would only have to take trams home. I figured out all the metro and tram connections we had to take on the way there, and then I also found which bus and tram combination we would have to take on the way home when the metro closed. There were about 25 of us that set off, and I even wrote the bus and tram numbers on everyone's arms so that they wouldn't have to leave at the same time I did. We had a few difficulties when not everyone got on the tram in time on the way there, but overall we managed to get there okay. I got to see Jenny and her friends, and the place played a lot of eighties music so it was fun. On the way home the trip was EVEN SMOOTHER than the way there. See Mom and Grandma, nothing to worry about!


Today I didn't really do much of anything. We got our student ID's, and I payed a few different things for which I owed money. It was nice to walk around the city from place to place. Jenny came over for a bit and got to see my dorm. She also witnessed me try and fail to make myself some rice for lunch. After trying to cook it for an hour I gave up and just ate it slightly crunchy. I'll explain more about the food sometime soon!

OH! Before I forget, I have gotten a couple questions regarding my roommate. I never mentioned her 'cause I wanted to check with her before I wrote about her on here, not because I don't like her or anything. I actually love her! She's adorable and cute and a lot of fun!

Anyway, I'll post again Monday about my trip to Moravia!