One Week down :(

Last night a group of 10 of us went out to Sushi.  Being 10 girls, who all go to either Michigan or Wisconsin between getting score updates and being ourselves, we are not exactly what you would call quiet.  Although we were not screaming by any means, the level of noise that is appropriate at a busy restaurant in America is NOT the same in the czech republic.  Our waitress had to come over and ask us to be quiet and explained that that was the czech way.  There are definitely very different standards of what is rude or not here.  In America, I cant remember the last time I was at a restaurant with a smoking and a non-smoking section.  In prague, you can smoke anywhere.  Whenever we leave bars, restaurants, even Tesco, we end up smelling like ash trays.

I really need to get used to the time difference, because I could not fall asleep until 5 am and I slept till 3!  Tomorrow is the first Monday of school, and I have my international journalism class at 2:45, and hour break, and then Marketing at 6:30.  I cannot wait to meet more people in my classes, even though they are super small.  It is fun because it is an international school, so we are meeting people besides the kids on our program.

Today I am catching up on work and internship apps.  There is so much to do here and it really feels like so little time! I cant believe I have been here a week already.  While everything is still super foreign I am starting to understand the trams, have realized that many places will try to rip us off because we are american, and seen so many of the amazing, beautiful sites.

Tonight the boys who live across the hall and the girls in my apartment are going to go to Usudu, this cool underground cave bar for a few beers to conclude week one.

It will be nice to get into the routine of classes, and all mine really seem so interesting. A week in prague has gone by so quickly and it is crazy to think about what we have ahead of us.  This will be our last full week in prague for a while.  Next sunday we have a day trip with our program.  Then my roomates and I will be going to Berlin.  The first weekend of March we will be traveling to Krakow Poland with CEA.  The next weekend, I will be in belgium for Sensation White.  So many exciting things to look forward too... stay tuned...

Part of our dinner group from sushi last night!