Oh, and how do you tell the Engineering student in Prague.....

When this pic is the collest thing he's seen. Not the awesome castles and such, the tow truck that picks cars up. That's what amazes me aout this place.

So the moral of the story......

...is when you drink with a bunch of girls, don't expect much, except for the only taken person in a group of seven to get hit on. Actually, she was only looking for a light for her cigarette, but she talked like she liked me. But it didnt matter, cause I gots the beautiful Sarah, and wasn't interested.

Anyhoo, me and my roommate Peter started the night out at the Harley bar, at 1am. It was good, my kind of place, but expensive. No draft beer, only bottled. We left, and met up with the girls who were heading to a drag show. Got there, and there was a ridiculious cover charge, so we went down the road to Al Capones. It obviously isn't his bar, but just named after him. I had two whisky sours, and pretty much three more beers cause we finally found a Czech beer that isn't good, but since I love beer, I couldn't leave sitting on the table. We ended up by the Tesco, which is the European version of Wally world, and which has a stand of Smazeny Syr, fried cheese, by it. Finally everyone went their seperate ways, no random girls ended up in random beds in the apt, which is a complete other story, but I ended up at the close bar watching New Jersey and Anaheim play hockey. Its 3am, I'm halfway drunk, blogging, watching American Hockey, loving Prague and life, and planning my trip to Stockholm, Sweden. But anways......................

Awesome landlord.....

So, I dont know if I mentioned that my landlord is awesome lately. I hear music as I'm leaving the apartment last night, and figure there is a private party going on, as he seems to do those a lot. He shouts for me to come over, and says 'Czech country music' (he doesn't speak much English). So I sit and watch for a while, thn he drags me over to the bar to get me pear schnapps and, as he likes to put it, #1 quality wine in all of Czech Republic.

Alcoholic landlord who refuses money for booze, apartment one of the oldest (I'm told by the director of the program) buildings in Prague, in a very historic district, and for $30 less a month than everyone else :)

Oh.....

Two addendums to the last post.

1) Hockey is on TV in the Czech! Yay! And, I'm watching the Superbowl right now!

2) There are 7 pages of Novaks in the Prague phone book!

Thats all!

The land of the fried cheese....

Well, it's 4:30 a.m., you're running around town from one bar to home (or perhaps to the next bar), where do you go for food? Wenceslas square, and the street vendors, for a fried cheese sandwich. I kid you not. The Czechs took mozarella sticks to a new level, made them into a flat patty, smoothered them in mayonase and put them in bun. And they are good. I may open a fried cheese sandwich stand on College Ave when I get back to Tech.

Anyhoo, computer took a crap on me again, it may not make it past Prague. Hopefully it makes it all the way through, or I'll be sad.

Class is going fine, I'm learning about as much as anyone is. Which isn't a while lot. I still can't pronounce the number four (Čtyři).

Everyone will be happy to know I finally sang karaoke, That Smell by Skynyrd. And, apparently I'm good. So maybe I'll go back this week, and do you Never Even Called Me By My Name :)

Friday night was interesting. We tried going out as a big group, and that lasted as long as the first tram stop, when half of us got left. So a few of us wandered around the city for a while, and eventually we all got to the same spot. I went to the first club I have ever been to, and had I had my camera, I could have gotten Schuette his pics. Actually the whole club was foreigners, getting drunk Brits and Irish together always turns out for a fun time. The Irish are a fun bunch, the Brits more so a bunch of rich boys acting like punks in large groups.

Saturday we tried the big group thing again, which is apparent that it isn't going to work. One minute 20 people in a room, the next there are three of us (none of which actually lived in the apartment), going where is everyone? I've made up my mind that from now on, I pick one person ou of the group, and whereever that person goes, I go.

Today I went to the Prague Castle, which is old and nice. It was the first sun we've had since pretty much I got here too, although, it is getting cold, finally down to freezing. Very nice place, guards got guns I have never seen before and that I want, the cathedral is amazing and the view of the city is outstanding.

Internet will be in my apartment in 6-7 days, according to the landlord, who is an awesome guy. He owns a wine bar downstairs, and invites us down for Czech wine often. Czech wine is pretty good, and very dry, and you all might get some when I come home. Went to pay the rent yesterday, and before we start doing anything, he pulls out a bottle of Czech pear liquor, and gives us a shot. Do the payment, adress concerns, etc, get one, and finish off with another shot. Very nice guy, despite not speaking English, very easy to get along with. But moral of the story is, when I don't have to go to a bar to get online (yeah, big problem, I know), I'll post more frequently

Anyhoo, thats all I think I got. Catch you all later, and keep the comments coming. Schuette, I'll work on the request, but it might be a few months before they start shedding the winter layer.

Dobrỳ Noc!

St. Vitus cathedral, indside, Prague lit up for dusk, and back of St. Vitus at dusk

Astronomical clock in Old Town square, keeps track of time, date, star positions, sunrise, etc and was built in the 1400's, transportation I get to use every day, transportation I wish I could use everyday (or even just one day), me at Prague Castle, view of Prague from the castle