The Castle!

So I went to "Prasky Hrad" (Prague Castle) right after my last post and oh my goodness...I was not disappointed. It was absolutely beautiful. I have some pictures that I'll put up when I have the chance to, but they do not even do it justice. It is huge, first of all. And so intricate and detailed. And it has SO much history! It was an overwhelming experience, really. Basically if you ever get the chance to go to Prague, go there, even though its pretty touristy. Then we walked down to the "Karluv Most" or Charles Bridge, which is another very famous site. That was also beautiful but mostly because of the views from it...over the water and of the castle from a distance and everything. But right after that, our walk from the bridge to the metro station was terrible. The small streets were flooded with tourists and people shouting and everything. It's so strange to me that this is the only impression that some people get of Prague and it makes me think that if that is the only thing I ever see of a city, then I am missing SO much. It's kind of weird that after only 5 or 6 days here, I am already so opposed to those kinds of crowds and everything--its very jarring.

Anyways, the next morning I moved into my host home. I live in a very cute flat in Southeast Prague with a 35-year-old single mom and her 15-month-old son. My host mom (more like host sister) get along very well and we have lots to talk about, which is easy because her English is really good. And her son is adorable. He's almost walking by himself, so hopefully that will happen while I'm here, which is exciting. I do think living with a baby will take some getting used to though. So I unpacked, which was soo nice, and then we took a walk around the neighborhood to see the bus stops I'll use to go to school and downtown and the grocery store. After that we just hung out, played with the baby, and I did some reading for the next day. We have a significant amount of reading, by the way...this is not a blow-off semester of classes!

Then today I successfully made it to downtown where I met the rest of my group to go to a cafe for literature class. Then the rest of the day has been pretty uneventful--I did get lost on the way back from school because I got on the wrong bus, but I found my way back without a problem. That made me a lot more confident in my skills to navigate the system, even if I do get lost.

So that's it...and I do have one question--does anyone know when the next presidential debate is in the US? I want to make sure and watch it!

Betsy