Thursday, February 16, 2006

I unfortunately got lost in Wenceslas Sqaure and complete missed the film with Olga. I waited around, got tea at Dobra Cajhovna and met with her afterwards. We are going to attempt to see another German film next week.

By Monday, I was very homesick. I just wanted to sleep and I lost my apetite. So on Tuesday, after hanging at my favorite coffeeshop Cafe Meduza with Emily, Elliot, Alice and Colin, I made a pact with myself that I would do whatever I needed and wanted to do to make me feel better about being in Prague. After my acting class on Tuesday, I walked along the river and to Charles Bridge, taking pictures. I crossed the bridge, walked through Mala Strana, the original Jewish quarter, and back across the bridge. The day was beautiful for mid-February, with the sun shining and a bunch of Asian tourists gawking at the man with the large, windup music box on the bridge. Prague is quite possibly the most beautiful city in the world. I haven't seen any other cities in Europe but from what I hear, Prague wins. I finished up my excursion in Stare Mesto and took the metro back to Cafe Meduza and continued reading Lolita. That night, after my script analysis class, I went out for Elliot's birthday. We started at Marquis da Saide for an expensive beer (45 korunas, which is less than 2 dollars, but most beers you can get for no more than 30 korunas), then went to Chateau for shots, more beer and dancing to such choice music as DMX and Destiny's Child from five years ago. We then went back to Marquis to meet more people but ended having another drink. Then off to Nebe (Heaven), the original plan. We danced to their 80s night music until about 3:30am. None of us really wanted to go home except that this was TUESDAY NIGHT. So we walked to a tram stop and got home around 4:30am. Oh man, was class fun on Wednesday!

Yesterday I went to watch a class at the theatre space for which I might be volunteering. It is about an hour trip from where I live by metro, tram and bus, and I got the impression there is not much I can do for them. But it was fun watching them perform in Czech and try to understand what was going on. My day didn't stop until after a late dinner with my roommates and the other girls of Vinohrady and I got in bed to read but fell asleep almost immediately. 10:30pm for bedtime is a big change from 4:30am.

Today I went to an exhibit for Eva Svankmajer, a surrealist painter who succumbed to breast cancer last year. It was for a class so we got in for free but the exhibit itself was only 10 korunas for students, less than 50 cents. I love Prague! The exhibit was very interesting and I would suggest everyone taking a look at her work. Some of it is very strange and even disturbing but worth a look.