Finále

(Translation: Finale)

This past weekend was a blur. MaryBeth, one of my roommates from PC, came for the weekend. She is studying abroad in London for the year, so it was nice to get a chance to see her!


We had a great weekend. It was nice showing her around the city because I got to see a lot of my favorite places for the last time! Friday MB got in late afternoon and we got dinner at Lehka Hlava (Clear Head), my favorite vegetarian place. Then we walked around the Christmas markets. (I know I still need to tell you about them, so I think I'll just do a whole post about them tomorrow). Anyway, after the Christmas markets MB and I made red and green chocolate covered pretzels, the closest thing to baking that I have done all semester. Later Friday night we went with all of my friends to a place called Absinth Bar (which is all the explanation of that you are getting), and then we went to a club called Lucerna for eighties and nineties night. It was a lot of fun 'cause the music was so good.


Saturday we decided to go on one of those free tours that I've been doing in the other cities. I figured I should see Prague the same way I had seen other cities, and I knew that they could be better tour guides for MB than I could. After the tour we headed back to the dorm to warm up. This weekend has been the coldest days that I have had in Prague all semester, so being outside was tough at times. We did have a lot of snow flurries though, so it is putting me in the Christmas spirit even more! Saturday night we went to Pivovarsky Dum for dinner, the place that I have taken the dads and Tarah. There were ten of us that went, so it was a lot of fun. It's a microbrewery, and they finally changed their seasonal beer, so we got to have vanilla beer that came with vanilla cookies. After Pivodum we went to U Sudu because we needed a more quiet night after our previous one, but we ended up staying there for hours!

Sunday I showed MB the castle, St. Vitus, and the Lennon Wall. Then we went to see something that I had not yet seen: the infant of Prague, Baby Jesus. In Our Lady Victorious Church is a DOLL that is supposed to look like Jesus and that the Carmelite order is obsessed with or something. It is world famous and people come from all over to see it. When the Pope came to Prague he came to bless the infant Jesus. Kings and queens long ago used to give the doll fancy clothes as gifts, so there is a whole museum with its outfits. It was quite funny, and I have never had to stifle laughter in church so much. We even got to see the display with THE UNDERGARMENTS OF JESUS. It was definitely the highlight of MB's trip. After that experience we went to see the dancing house, grabbed lunch at Maitrea, and did some more Christmas market shopping. MB and I got a nice dinner at U Prince, the outdoor restaurant on the roof that overlooksOld Town Square. It was a great meal. We wrapped up the weekend with a drink at Bukowski's with my friends. I honestly think that I went to all of my favorite places this weekend, and I had a friend from home to do it all with, so it was my favorite weekend in Prague so far.


It is so sad that I am leaving so soon. It is weird because usually leading up to a trip, either coming or going, you are at least a little excited for the change, but I feel like a kid whose parents tell them that they are moving and they don't have any choice. I have to leave behind all of the places I like and the friends that I've made. Not to mention the fact that I don't want to pack an entire semester back into two suitcases. If you thought that my packing to come here was hard, just wait for the packing to leave!

I will take another study break in a bit to put my Paris pictures up, so I hope you like them!

See you all soon!

P.S. Read this article. (Can you tell I'm avoiding studying?) It'll put you in the holiday spirit!