Teroristických!

(Translation: Terrorist!)

Since I have a bunch of random thoughts and anecdotes to share, I think I'm just going to bullet this.

• As typical college students, we took advantage of the free admission to the National Museum that they offer on Mondays. Thank goodness that we did, because if I had paid money for that I would have been mad. I really enjoy history, and I find anthropology pretty interesting, but a person can only see so many rocks and so many replicas of bones before they get bored. I do not recommend this museum!
• Tuesday my morning politics class went to see the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Czech Parliament. My professor's friend gave us a tour. It was probably my favorite field trip so far.
• The best part of the field trip was when we went through the metal detectors. My professor's backpack was searched and they pulled out his Swiss Army knives. My under-thirty-year old professor held up the Swiss Army knives and with a big smile on his face yelled across the room to his friend "AHAHA TERRORIST ATTACK!!!" The guards chuckled and let him through. Try that one at the U.S. Congress and see if you get such a response.
  
• Tuesday night was my FIRST MIDTERM. I have no idea how I did on it, but school is much different here and much more relaxed. I do feel like I know just as much about Czech history as I do about American history now, and I now know every country and capital in Europe. I plan to use this every chance I get!
• I took a little spill on Halloween and got a small hole in my favorite pair of leggings. I've been wondering how I could still wear them without it being noticeable, and it just dawned on me: electrical tape!
  
• It's a small world. When in Budapest I met a girl at the hostel who was backpacking Europe. Yesterday, while sitting in a cafe I saw her walk inside!

I don't know if you noticed, but I have recently taken to ending these posts with little reasons for why I am not coming home. Apparently this alarmed a certain relative of mine, and as I don't want to be the cause of any heart attacks, I reassure you that those were just jokes! I will have both feet back on American soil (and not the soil of the U.S. Embassy) on December 19th, as reluctant as I may be to do so!

At restaurants a glass of wine is at most about 50 crowns, but most are about 35 or 40. With an exchange rate of 17 crowns to the dollar, you have yet another reason why I am never coming home, GRANDPA.