We didn't end up going on that castle trip, I was a little to sick, tired, and needed rest to make my trip to Vienna super good. Angela and I instead made sandwiches for the weekend. Delicious meals of peanut butter and banana, pb and nutella, and for the bus tomorrow we made tuna. We are leaving Prague at 10am but we are going to the gym before we leave at 8:30, ambitious huh? Well off to bed to get up early for our 6am workout!! Ill write again when I am enriched with the best coffee in the world and some Austrian history!!

Well Tesco was out of school supplies so I went to the first day of class with a pen and pencil. It was all i needed anyway, so it worked out fine. I had my Energetic and Ecological Systems class and I think it is going to be very interesting. The professors all speak English and English is the language of the school, so the Americans will get along fine. The topics are very interesting so far and the class will be very useful for my Energy Studies minor. After class Angela, Marc, Dan and I went to the Jewish Quarter of Prague and tired to get into a Holocaust Exhibit but it was closed to we will go another time. Instead we walked around the area and then ended up in Old Town. We got back and the guys went shopping for dinner. Marc and Dan made a delicious of red pepper and onion couscous, a stir-fry of zucchini and broccoli, and hummus on rolls. They did a wonderful job, everything was so good!! I didn't have class today (Tuesday) so I woke up with the rest of the gang and went for a run. I got a little lost....but I found my way back after a little bit. When I got back I in return for dinner last night I made pancakes for the guys. They were not as good as Bisquick mix from home but they satisfied the guys' appetites. Angela and I are off to go find a gym and get a 3-month membership to keep us in shape.

Well that was an unsuccessful trip, they had no notebooks!! Its a super Wal-mart type store and they were out of notebooks. So I am going to my first day of class with a pens and a little notepad. I have tomorrow off so I can get some things then. On a more exciting note I booked two trips. One to Vienna, Austria from Friday, September 25th to Monday September 28th. Don't worry I am not skipping my classes Monday, we have that day off for a Czech holiday, not Yom Kippur, haha!! The second is for Budapest, Hungary from Friday, October 9th to Sunday, October 11th. We just booked the hostel for Vienna and have been looking at thing to do, there is plenty. I am sure we will find something to keep us busy ;)
Tuesday night we had a party in our suite and about 12 Union kids were here and a few other kids who we have met also came. It was a really fun time and I got to know a few more people. It was a late night and I didn't get much sleep so for the past few days I have been feeling a little under the weather but I am drinking tea and keeping hydrated.
Angela and I joined the gym on Tuesday and went yesterday (Thursday) All the weights are in kilograms so we didn't really know how much we were lifting. I am very sore today...oops but it was a good work out.
Last night we went to the PM Bar again where the International Student Club held a country presentation. Every Wednesday for the rest of the term, each country has a chance to give a presentation about their culture and they bring food, dancing, pictures, games, talk about traditions and much more. Last night was the Czech Republic night so we learned a little about Czech Easter where boys chase girls with decorated eggs? (It was very loud, it was hard to hear exactly what happens). We learned a few Czech drinking songs, ate Svičková, which is some kind of a meat in a very tasty sauce, and listened to some Czech music. It was a very fun time. We made the last metro back at midnight and were in bed early to wake up for class at 8am this morning!
I went to the post office today to get my package! I got a camera (FINALLY), some clothes, a belt (which I desperately need, hard to believe I have lost weight right?), and drawstring packs for the gym! Thanks so much again Mom and Dad for sending that stuff, I really appreciate it!!!
Tonight I am going to Strahov, the other dorm on campus where we will eat dinner and try a new 'special' Czech beer, Master. After that we plan to go to the Prague Castle to see it lit up at night and have a moonlit tour of the castle. Two of the boys from the ISC organized the trip and there are only a select few going on the trip so it will be a small but very fun trip. I am leaving for Vienna tomorrow morning around 8am and am not sure if I will bring my computer or not, I probably won't so I don't have to worry about it in the hostel and on the bus. So if you don't hear from me for a while thats where I will be, hopefully there will be internet access but it will be nice to be cut off from the world for a while. Hope everyone is well at home, wherever that may be. Ill have plenty of stories for you on Monday!! Love to all!!

Saturday was a very easy going day. Got up a fairly reasonable time (9am) and Jodi and I took the metro to Mustek to look around a wander the streets of Old and New Town. We went to tons of shops on the main road and found a lot cool stores and some nice little boutiques. We found an international bookstore with English books and they have JAMES PATTERSON!! Not quite done with the two I brought with me but pretty soon I will being paying a visit to the 6 story bookstore. Next to the bookstore was a 7 floor shoe store! Jodi and I spent a long time in here, it was so overwhelming and the different styles and trends here. After the main road we turned down a side road and stumbled upon a bunch of street vendors selling Prague souvenirs, fruit, sausages, crepes, paintings, leather bags and table linens. At about 2pm we found a restaurant and ate great pasta dishes, they were more Italian than Czech. We then went back to the street vendors and got crepes, Nutella and banana is the way to go!! We sat on a curb and people watched for about an hour making up stories and histories for the people walking by and trying to guess where they were from and what their purpose for being in Prague was. I guess you could say we were very easily amused. When we got back Angela finally was able to get the key to the laundry room and we did about 5 loads of laundry in the smallest dryer in the world, it took so long. But we have clean clothes that don't smell like the smoky bars and the European metro stations. Once laundry was done we went to the grocery store to get supplies for dinner. Angela, Jodi, Eric, Dearon and I all made dinner in my room. We made fried eggs in tomatoes, broccoli, and rice. The fried eggs in tomatoes is a Greek dish we found in the Greek cookbook Angela bought in Greece. Its basically the same concept as stuffed peppers and it was very very good and cheap. The dinner all cost us about 75 cents per person!!! Since we didn't eat until about 11pm we decided to stay in and just sit around the dinner table and talk. It was a very nice change of pace. I just got back from a run and explored the other side of the campus! It reminds me of the East Side of Providence but the big houses are apartments, but very nice apartments. The it was very peaceful and quiet and a beautiful area to run in. It was nice to get away from the busy part of the city. Well I am off to cook an omelet with what i think is ham...looks close enough. Then I am off to Tesco in Mustek to get some school supplies!