I made it! It was definitely a long journey but I finally got here. I sat next to a gorgeous guy on the plane ride over, however he didn't know a lick of english so it turned out to be more awkward shifting as opposed to small talk the whole time. Getting up to go to the bathroom was a challenge in itself.
The flight was delayed about an hour because they overbooked and then didn't remove the luggage of the people that postponed their trip. We got here when I expected to, though. I didn't sleep much. It took another hour to finally get my bag. The guy who was waiting for me called me "Mrs. Butter" because apparently "Maslo" means butter in Czech. He was great! He took me a round-about way around the city and drew all over a map with great places to go eat/drink/socialize, etc. He also taught me how to say "thank you" in Czech: dickweed. Okay so maybe not. It's actually dekuji but it sure does sound like it.
Well, by the time I got to the pension, it was about 9am here (3am there) and I crashed. The room I'm staying in is really awkward so we are trying to switch it. It smells like cigarette smoke, has no dresser, 1 closet, and the beds are pushed together so that they can share a comforter.
I was awoken by a bunch of people from my trip who were going into the heart of prague and I didn't want to pass up an opportunity to see the city or meet people. I'm glad I went cause a couple of the people I went with have already been here for a little while so they were kind of showing me the ropes. Most of the people on the trip are in architecture together- thus they are already really good friends. But they are welcoming and nice. We went to the Charles Bridge and then ate lunch in a cave called "The Blue Boot (at least we think it was called that. I won't know for sure until I take my Czech language class)." I had a rice cuisine and a beer- a really big beer. Everything here is really cheap. I had that meal and beer for about $10. I'm exhausted but I'm trying to hold out until a reasonable bed time here so I don't have jet lag.
Whatever- screw it. I'm taking a nap.
