Food Fun and Surprise Vacation
Food Fun
Last week I cooked for my ex-roommate (I had to move dormitories so now have a new roommate) and a bunch of exchange students. I forced them to eat with their hands--to get the true Indian experience and convince them that food REALLY does taste better when you use your hands. They enjoyed it, but suffered a bit as the French, Germans, and Greeks are not used to the effects of chilli powder. As well, I was in Prague overnight last week and cooked for the Andelers. They said they liked it too, but once again—chili powder usage was a bit excessive for their tastes.
Surprise Vacation!
Due to continuing drama with my work permit (which I got today, so drama is over) I couldn’t come to work last week on Wednesday and Thursday on the off-chance that the Labor Office did a surprise inspection and noticed that I was working illegally. So…I decided to take Friday off too and make it a proper long weekend and visit some places in the Czech Republic that I wasn’t sure I would have a chance to visit otherwise. I went with my friend Claire (French ex-roomie) and her friend Arno (I’m sure I spelled that wrong because it’s French and I have no idea how to spell it, but that’s how it sounds) on a little excursion to Kutna Hora-Prague-Telc. Kutna Hora is a town between Brno and Prague with a totally creepy weird attraction. There is a church that is decorated on the inside with bones. BONES!! A chandelier made with bones, candle-holders with skulls, and all sorts of other fun things. Once I get the pictures from Claire I will post them because they do more justice than this description.
After spending the day looking around Kutna Hora we continued to Prague where we met up with the Andelers and had dinner. Then I went to the movie theatre for the first time since August. We saw Munich, which was good (though a bit on the long side). Makes you think, which is good since I don’t really do too much of that here in the Czech Republic. (kidding)
The next day we caught the bus to Telc. Well, we caught the bus late after I got confused and was convinced the bus left from the really far away bus station instead of the really close bus station. Yeah, we spent some quality time on the Prague metro that morning. Anyway, Telc is on the UNESCO World Heritage List (so is Kutna Hora actually) because of the beautiful town square and the chateau there. It’s nice, but small, and really probably only worth it to go there in summer. Things are generally less impressive in the snow and cold. And apparently the gardens are really nice there….in the summertime. It was still worth it since I don’t think I would have been able to go there otherwise. We got back to Brno Friday night, and decided that since it was a Friday—we had to party. I met a bunch of the new exchange students and they seem nice.
So for all those people that say to me, “Do you even do ANY work?” the answer is that last week I sure didn’t. Although today I have been stamping papers with today’s date. Awesome!
Last week I cooked for my ex-roommate (I had to move dormitories so now have a new roommate) and a bunch of exchange students. I forced them to eat with their hands--to get the true Indian experience and convince them that food REALLY does taste better when you use your hands. They enjoyed it, but suffered a bit as the French, Germans, and Greeks are not used to the effects of chilli powder. As well, I was in Prague overnight last week and cooked for the Andelers. They said they liked it too, but once again—chili powder usage was a bit excessive for their tastes.
Surprise Vacation!
Due to continuing drama with my work permit (which I got today, so drama is over) I couldn’t come to work last week on Wednesday and Thursday on the off-chance that the Labor Office did a surprise inspection and noticed that I was working illegally. So…I decided to take Friday off too and make it a proper long weekend and visit some places in the Czech Republic that I wasn’t sure I would have a chance to visit otherwise. I went with my friend Claire (French ex-roomie) and her friend Arno (I’m sure I spelled that wrong because it’s French and I have no idea how to spell it, but that’s how it sounds) on a little excursion to Kutna Hora-Prague-Telc. Kutna Hora is a town between Brno and Prague with a totally creepy weird attraction. There is a church that is decorated on the inside with bones. BONES!! A chandelier made with bones, candle-holders with skulls, and all sorts of other fun things. Once I get the pictures from Claire I will post them because they do more justice than this description.
After spending the day looking around Kutna Hora we continued to Prague where we met up with the Andelers and had dinner. Then I went to the movie theatre for the first time since August. We saw Munich, which was good (though a bit on the long side). Makes you think, which is good since I don’t really do too much of that here in the Czech Republic. (kidding)
The next day we caught the bus to Telc. Well, we caught the bus late after I got confused and was convinced the bus left from the really far away bus station instead of the really close bus station. Yeah, we spent some quality time on the Prague metro that morning. Anyway, Telc is on the UNESCO World Heritage List (so is Kutna Hora actually) because of the beautiful town square and the chateau there. It’s nice, but small, and really probably only worth it to go there in summer. Things are generally less impressive in the snow and cold. And apparently the gardens are really nice there….in the summertime. It was still worth it since I don’t think I would have been able to go there otherwise. We got back to Brno Friday night, and decided that since it was a Friday—we had to party. I met a bunch of the new exchange students and they seem nice.
So for all those people that say to me, “Do you even do ANY work?” the answer is that last week I sure didn’t. Although today I have been stamping papers with today’s date. Awesome!
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