National Museum, the Convent of St. Agnes. They had a special
exhibition on St. Wenceslas, the patron saint of the Czech people. It
was pretty interesting, with various portraits of Wenceslas from over
the centuries. The exhibition also had some items purported to be
owned by Wenceslas. The Czech people are VERY into St. Wenceslas...it
was packed, not with tourists, but with Czech people. It was really
interesting...I'll take y'all when you come.
The highlight of Thursday was that a tourist thought I was a local.
Some Americans came up to me and said [with an awful accent],
"Mluvite anglitski?" [Do you speak English?]. I said that I was
American and they said that they thought I was Czech. Yesss. I am so
cool.
Friday was laundry day! I had done a load of underwear and socks in
the sink last week, but the rest was getting a little dank [soooo
much smoke]. I washed every piece of clothing that I brought that
wasn't dry clean only. Here I came to a conundrum... what to wear
when I go? My roommate and I decided to wear our dress clothes
because we hadn't worn them. We looked a little silly at the
Laundromat wearing our nice clothes, but what can you do? It was
lovely to have clean clothes. The little laundromat is super cute,
plus you get "gratis caj a kava", free tea and coffee! Excellent.
That little adventure took over three hours, but they had wi-fi, so
I got some stuff done. Later, we went to the Institute to work on our
valentines. The group had decided to do secret valentines. We picked
names and made each other cards and fun stuff. I made my valentine a
card, some homemade crafty flowers, and some chocolate. From the
person who had me, I got homemade cookies and a card. The whole event
was pretty adorable.
Yesterday, We decided to be tourists. We went to the Communist
Museum in Wenceslas Square. It detailed the Communist rule in
Czechoslovakia from after WWI to the Velvet Revolution. It was more
of a reading museum than an... I don't know...looking museum, but it
was very informative. I'll definitely use what I learned for my final
project. Fun fact: the Communist Museum is in the same building as a
casino and next door to a McDonalds. Oh irony.
After the museum, some of the girls wanted to go to up the Town Hall
Tower. I've already done it, but I loved so much that I wanted to go
again. The view was even better than the first time I went; it was
clear for miles. After the tower, we went to a Salvador Dali exhibit.
It was pretty cool, but there were only a few originals...most
everything was prints. The cool part was the photography interspersed
with the paintings. A Czech photographer did a photo series of Dali--
among the series is the famous photo of Dali holding an egg to his
eye. It was very interesting to see the artist himself...He was a
weird dude. There is a Mucha exhibition next door...we are going to
do that next weekend.
Since it was Valentine's Day, the girls and I decided to get dressed
up and go to dinner. I had bought a dress that I was eager to wear.
As it turned out, over half of us were wearing the same thing!
Apparently, a black knit turtleneck dress and leggings is all the
rage. It was fun to have a girls night out!
My stay in Prague has made me want to get a dog, even though I am
vaguely allergic. Everyone has dogs here. Even though it is so cold
here, people walk their dogs everyday without leashes. All of the
dogs here are very well-behaved: they don't bark or jump or anything.
Plus, dogs are allowed everywhere: on the tram, on the metro, in
restaurants...Here at the penzion, all of the employees bring their
dogs to work. We have two miniature poodles, a whippit [sp?], a
ginormous sheepdog, and some other little dog that hang out during
the day.
I'll write again soon!
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