The Friday that everyone left was spent mostly sleeping. I either slept or watched movies all day and didn't get up until about 5pm. Stephanie, the one other person who didn't go on the trip with everyone else, and I went out dinner at a really cute Italian place down the road. We originally attempted to hit up Ordinary World, but they were booked for the second night in a row. Whatever, I'm over it.
After dinner, we went back to the pension and gossiped for a little while, but then I went right back to watching movies before bed again. I watched "Requiem For a Dream." Holy freaking crap. Don't ever watch that movie before bed. ever. It was an absolutely amazing film, but the entire last 10 minutes I spent cringing.
I obviously couldn't go to bed afterwards, so instead I skyped friends from home. I miss you friends. I went back to my room and watched a Czech movie before I fell asleep. It was actually a movie about an Irish man and a Czech girl who make music together. It was called "Once." I really enjoyed it- a lot more than I usually enjoy films. I fell asleep to the soundtrack that night.
The next morning, I woke up with the promise of Bobsleighing with some friends through the NYU program. Unfortunately, rain was in the future, so we postponed the adventure. Stephanie and I were so disappointed because movies and sleep are only tolerable for so long. Alas, when I found out I didn't have plans for the day, I climbed back into bed and watched more movies. I saw another Czech film but it was really bad. Then, I watched "Amelie." I really love that movie. So much that I might watch it again after I finish this blog.
I decided to check my facebook after that movie and I had a message from one of the NYU friends. They were all heading over to this place called Pivovarsky Dum. Basically, it's a restaurant with flavored beer that they brew themselves. It's one of those restaurants that all the travel books recommend. Stephanie and I met up with 6 NYU friends. I knew 3 of them through the Cesky Krum-Krum trip. The food was sub-par and I couldn't fully enjoy the beer due to the wonderful world of antibiotics, but I did try a little. Flavored beer is bizarre. The company was superb, though. Afterwards, we invited them to our favorite bar- Puerto Rico.
We ended up splitting up with a few of the group and adding another person and there ya go! It was amazing to be out with people when I had been lounging the whole weekend, but it was also nice to be back out at Puerto Rico. I was feeling a whole heck of a lot better. I didn't stay out too late though, and I was in bed by 1am.
The next morning, I woke up and really wanted the maids to clean my room. They way it works is that you turn your key in every day and they make your bed and sometimes vacuum. So, I took my computer, turned in my key, and hung out in the lounge for about 2 hours as I uploaded my photos from the past month. I worked on homework as I did this too. I was really excited to go back to a clean room, but unfortunately they only made my bed today. They didn't even change the sheets. womp womp.
Stephanie and I decided to go explore a little since we were both getting stir-crazy and it was surprisingly sunny outside. We went out to lunch near Old Town Square. On our way, however, we discovered the Holidays of Spices and Cheeses. Haha, they celebrate silly things here. Anyways, there was a festival set up in Old Town Square. It was precious. Ironically, though, we did not see any spices or cheese. We ate our lunch (even though it was already 4pm) and then walked around a bit. We enjoyed some Trdlo (dough dipped in sugar and then grilled to perfection) and then meandered around a bit. It was cold outside (low 40s) so we stopped in a Starbucks and hung out there until we were warm again. Actually, we ended up spending almost 2 hours there just chatting. We didn't actually buy anything, but it was nice to smell Starbucks. It smells like home.
We ended up back at the pension and I decided to try to upload the rest of my pictures. Of course it's taking an hour to upload 10 photos.
Oh I forgot to mention a really exciting part of my day. When Stephanie and I returned back to the pension, my favorite old man was at the reception desk. I don't know his name but I call him Grandpa. Stephanie asked for her number first and before I could say my room number, he gave me my key! He knew my room number! Which means he knew me!! This man was so grumpy the first few weeks and when he gave me my key, he said "dva-cet pet" the same way I say it. It was really cute.
Between Grandpa and Anna the cleaning lady, I feel right at home. Anyways, tomorrow shouldn't be particularly exciting, but everyone gets back tomorrow night. I'm looking forward to that.
