Busy Busy Busy!

Sorry I haven't posted for a while I've been busy and sick!! Trying to get myself healthy, being sick is definitely no no fun!!! So last weekend we went to Prague and Dresden! It was a blast and so so pretty! We arrived to Prague via train on Thursday and checked into our hostel. I was pretty lucky I got a double bed to myself and got some of the best sleep I've had since I've been over here!! We then went to the town center and saw the astronomical clock go off which was actually pretty awesome. We then broke up for lunch where I had a hot dog (a staple in my diet here) and then I had the most amazing thing ever a chocolate covered banana-strawberry shish kabob!! Lets just say I thought I had died and gone to heaven....but nope I was still in Prague. While waiting to meet the group Jessica, our friend Kelly, and I sat down and we astonished when we could actually hear English from people other then those in our group. You see Prague is pretty touristy while Olomouc is not at all, so we are pretty used to not understanding anyone but each other. So it was exciting to understand people. Then we had to walk up the death hill! This "mountain," as I would like to call it, was so steep it made the campus hill (people from Hartington know what I'm talking about) look like a slight incline! And not only was it steep it went on forever and then we turned and there was another steep "mountain." After I finally caught my breath again (which might have taken a good 5 minutes, hey I'm out of shape) I got to enjoy this amazing view of Prague!! It is so pretty there I wish I could have taken you all with me (I will post a link to my pictures but pictures just don't do it justice). We then had the afternoon free which was spent wandering around. The next day we met to guess what? Climb up the DEATH "MOUNTAIN" again....since this is where the Prague Palace is!! Round two was a little better but only because I knew what to expect. We then saw a beautiful Cathedral on the Palace grounds, as well as the main palace itself, and some other interesting areas, including Golden Lane, which is where all the servants lived. We were then free again in the afternoon and that night a bunch of us went to a five floor dance club, where I got my groove on!!! It was so cool and we all had a bunch of fun dancing the night away. The only problem with staying up late dancing is we had to get up pretty early for our train to Dresden, Germany (thank goodness I could sleep for a while on the train). The day in Dresden was spent looking at this beautiful Lutheran Church and an art gallery in the old palace area. We got back an all basically went to bed after a long couple of days!! Sunday we got up and enjoyed a McDonald's breakfast and then went to tour the Jewish Museum in Prague. This was really cool and sobering at the same time. They have one building dedicated to all the people who died during the Holocaust, who were from the Czech Republic. They also had painting from Children who had been killed in the holocaust, that they had recently unearthed at one of the old concentration camp. That deeply saddened me and it was a very somber moment for me. After that we all went to the John Lennon Peace wall which was one of my favorite things we did on the whole trip. We even got to write our names on it which was pretty awesome. I also tagged my lovely Chi Omegas from back home that I miss so much. Then it was time to get back on the train and travel back to Olomouc. It was actually nice to be back at our "home away from home." I missed my computer and being able to communicate with my friends and family! Now back to the daily grind here in Olomouc!! Well its time for lunch, here I come salami sandwich and kiwi!!
-Bernice