Christmas Cottage!
This weekend me, my roommates, and a bunch of people from AIESEC spent our time at a cottage in the snowy mountains of the Czech Republic. It was definitely an experience.
We arrived on Friday evening after taking 2 buses into the middle of nowhere while it was snowing, drinking slivovice (Czech liquor made from plums) on the bus, and disembarking at a bus stop not having any idea where to actually go. It was dark and snowy and there was no cell phone reception. We walked down the one road that was there and hoped we were headed in the right direction. Without too much trouble we located the cottage only to find out 2 things: the electricity was not working and there was no running water. This meant:
-toilets did not work
-dinner was bread with cheese
-the pump for the kegs did not work since it needed electricity
However, we (my roomies and I) are smart people and had brought extra booze. The night basically consisted of my roommates and I sneaking off to drink so the other people wouldn't see and we wouldn't have to share. They pretty much knew what we were up to since we were obviously intoxicated while they were not.
The next morning the electricity AND the water worked so we felt like the cottage was a mansion. A bunch of us went for a walk in the snow and played around. I forgot how much fun that is. Me, Lukasz, Tommaso and Mirka hiked up a snow covered hill, laid on top of each other all linked together and rolled down the hill. I wish we had video, it was completely awesome. When we got back to the cottage we decorated the tree (with ornaments we made ourselves...needless to say the tree was not going to win any beauty contests), had a traditional Czech Christmas dinner and got our party on.
It was honestly the best way to spend our last weekend together as a "family". There was a lot of bonding that took place. Lulu said, "After a weekend like this, how can I leave??" Yeah, it was definitely a lovefest.
Some of the highlights (warning: they may be really immature and verging on gross):
-Tommaso and Mirka (we call them 'the fuckers' because they are dating) asking us, "you don't use the towel in the bathroom do you?" and also informing us that the kitchen is warm and empty at night.
-Drinking tequila and feeling perfectly fine the next morning (it's no longer the enemy! Now it's an amigo!)
-Hong asking us if he needed a visa for when he goes to the Vatican
-Debating with Lukasz about whether or not it is absolutely necessary for guys to wash their hands after going to the bathroom. Lukasz contended that he did not pee on himself, and it was just like holding any other part of the body. I informed him that was a horrible argument and made him go wash his hands. (Actually, my exact words were "I don't hold my vagina when I go to the bathroom and I STILL wash MY hands!")
-Making "Christmas clothes" for ourselves out of tissue paper. Lucie and I had "skirts" but during the course of the night hers ripped and there was a hole. So we said, "Lucie has a big hole!"
-Receiving a box of chocolates for Secret Santa with the brand name "Delicious Nut". I then asked many people if they would like to try my delicious nuts.
-Dressing Lukasz up like a Christmas tree
-Hong breaking a chair by accident (the leg fell off) and then taking the chair leg and naming it "The Magic Stick". We totally stole that from the cottage and it's back in Ostrava
-Tommaso (Italian) trying to give Vasek (Czech) a tutorial on how to seduce a girl. ("The bra doesn't matter! Push her against the wall!") Funny, funny stuff.
-Making all sorts of promises with each other. Including the fact that we ALL have to go to each other's weddings. That will be a total gong show.
-Stealing soup from the kitchen-there were a lot of leftover packages of soup and at night when we were hiding in the kitchen drinking Hong came up with the brilliant plan to TAKE some soup. He got Tommaso's duffel bag and stuffed a bunch of packages in there. We had soup for dinner last night.
-Talking about poop. Lukasz and Hong had to go into the wilderness to do their business (water not working) and were gone for about 45 minutes finding the perfect spot. They felt much better afterwards. The next day Lukasz had this really pained expression on his face and I asked "Lukasz, what's wrong?" and he said "I have to POOP!". Ok, we are probably part of the minority that thinks bowel movements are just freaking hilarious.
These are just some of the few priceless moments from that weekend. There were a lot of times we were literally on the floor laughing. It was great.
We arrived on Friday evening after taking 2 buses into the middle of nowhere while it was snowing, drinking slivovice (Czech liquor made from plums) on the bus, and disembarking at a bus stop not having any idea where to actually go. It was dark and snowy and there was no cell phone reception. We walked down the one road that was there and hoped we were headed in the right direction. Without too much trouble we located the cottage only to find out 2 things: the electricity was not working and there was no running water. This meant:
-toilets did not work
-dinner was bread with cheese
-the pump for the kegs did not work since it needed electricity
However, we (my roomies and I) are smart people and had brought extra booze. The night basically consisted of my roommates and I sneaking off to drink so the other people wouldn't see and we wouldn't have to share. They pretty much knew what we were up to since we were obviously intoxicated while they were not.
The next morning the electricity AND the water worked so we felt like the cottage was a mansion. A bunch of us went for a walk in the snow and played around. I forgot how much fun that is. Me, Lukasz, Tommaso and Mirka hiked up a snow covered hill, laid on top of each other all linked together and rolled down the hill. I wish we had video, it was completely awesome. When we got back to the cottage we decorated the tree (with ornaments we made ourselves...needless to say the tree was not going to win any beauty contests), had a traditional Czech Christmas dinner and got our party on.
It was honestly the best way to spend our last weekend together as a "family". There was a lot of bonding that took place. Lulu said, "After a weekend like this, how can I leave??" Yeah, it was definitely a lovefest.
Some of the highlights (warning: they may be really immature and verging on gross):
-Tommaso and Mirka (we call them 'the fuckers' because they are dating) asking us, "you don't use the towel in the bathroom do you?" and also informing us that the kitchen is warm and empty at night.
-Drinking tequila and feeling perfectly fine the next morning (it's no longer the enemy! Now it's an amigo!)
-Hong asking us if he needed a visa for when he goes to the Vatican
-Debating with Lukasz about whether or not it is absolutely necessary for guys to wash their hands after going to the bathroom. Lukasz contended that he did not pee on himself, and it was just like holding any other part of the body. I informed him that was a horrible argument and made him go wash his hands. (Actually, my exact words were "I don't hold my vagina when I go to the bathroom and I STILL wash MY hands!")
-Making "Christmas clothes" for ourselves out of tissue paper. Lucie and I had "skirts" but during the course of the night hers ripped and there was a hole. So we said, "Lucie has a big hole!"
-Receiving a box of chocolates for Secret Santa with the brand name "Delicious Nut". I then asked many people if they would like to try my delicious nuts.
-Dressing Lukasz up like a Christmas tree
-Hong breaking a chair by accident (the leg fell off) and then taking the chair leg and naming it "The Magic Stick". We totally stole that from the cottage and it's back in Ostrava
-Tommaso (Italian) trying to give Vasek (Czech) a tutorial on how to seduce a girl. ("The bra doesn't matter! Push her against the wall!") Funny, funny stuff.
-Making all sorts of promises with each other. Including the fact that we ALL have to go to each other's weddings. That will be a total gong show.
-Stealing soup from the kitchen-there were a lot of leftover packages of soup and at night when we were hiding in the kitchen drinking Hong came up with the brilliant plan to TAKE some soup. He got Tommaso's duffel bag and stuffed a bunch of packages in there. We had soup for dinner last night.
-Talking about poop. Lukasz and Hong had to go into the wilderness to do their business (water not working) and were gone for about 45 minutes finding the perfect spot. They felt much better afterwards. The next day Lukasz had this really pained expression on his face and I asked "Lukasz, what's wrong?" and he said "I have to POOP!". Ok, we are probably part of the minority that thinks bowel movements are just freaking hilarious.
These are just some of the few priceless moments from that weekend. There were a lot of times we were literally on the floor laughing. It was great.
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