Today we went down to the Vltava (river that runs through the center of Prague) and rented paddle boats to go out on the river. On the boats we paddled down the river and looked at a few of the bridges and it offered an incredible view of the Powder Tower and the Prague Castle. After we were done boating we went to a restarance that had somewhat colorful ) cartoons painted all over the walls. Once we received the menus (thankfully they had an English translation) I asked a few of the Czech students to help me pick out a truly traditional Czech meal. They settled on smoked pork neck, bacon dumplings and sour kraut...it was actually really good!
So classes today were pretty standard; Czech Language, Rural Sociology, Czech land and people and Czech architectural styles. Our crazy-fun old professor went on a 40 minute rant (enjoyable as it was that is the only thing that I can call it) about how the various wars/occupations and current immigrants to the Czech Republic has made the Czech people feel about other nationalities. The good thing is that they like Americans but are a little disappointed because we are not the land of milk and honey that many of them have dreamed us to be, but all-in-all they find us slightly above tolerable.
Today we went down to the Vltava (river that runs through the center of Prague) and rented paddle boats to go out on the river. On the boats we paddled down the river and looked at a few of the bridges and it offered an incredible view of the Powder Tower and the Prague Castle. After we were done boating we went to a restarance that had somewhat colorful ) cartoons painted all over the walls. Once we received the menus (thankfully they had an English translation) I asked a few of the Czech students to help me pick out a truly traditional Czech meal. They settled on smoked pork neck, bacon dumplings and sour kraut...it was actually really good!
So classes today were pretty standard; Czech Language, Rural Sociology, Czech land and people and Czech architectural styles. Our crazy-fun old professor went on a 40 minute rant (enjoyable as it was that is the only thing that I can call it) about how the various wars/occupations and current immigrants to the Czech Republic has made the Czech people feel about other nationalities. The good thing is that they like Americans but are a little disappointed because we are not the land of milk and honey that many of them have dreamed us to be, but all-in-all they find us slightly above tolerable.
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