To the Czech Republic! Anglika?

Praised be Jesus Christ!

Anglika-- not Anglican. That's how I asked people (if I remembered) if they spoke English. Thanks Regina for teaching me that-- it doubled by Czech vocabulary! (The only other word I knew was Nonka, which means no, if I remember correctly from junior high...)

After trying to go to bed early, we woke up at 4:30am to hop on the bus at 5am which the university graciously provided for us to go to Prague! (They also gave us a map, but other than that, we were on our own.) We stopped at a gas station on the way and remembered that none of us know Czech. But we slept on the bus and did some homework, so we were ready to go once we got there.

First we went to find the Jewish part of town and on the way we found the Astronomical clock (well, we thought it was, but it turns out it wasn’t) and a Hussite Church, which looked just like a Catholic Church, except for the Blessed Sacrament being absent. Then we found Jewish Town, but since it was Saturday, their Sabbath, most everything was closed. But there was a Slovak store with beautiful handmade wooden Matruska dolls and eggs. Then we walked across the river and got lunch at café. From there we went to the Prague Castle and saw the changing of the guard (which we missed in London). We didn’t go in the castle, but we went in to St. Vitus Catholic Church.

Then we tried to find out way to Our Lady Victorious where the Infant of Prauge is; however, we were directed in the wrong direction/ there was a language issue, so we had to walk in a big circle back to where we were before, but we got to see some beautiful shots of the city. When we finally made it there, we found a Christian store with beautful, cheap religious statues. After stopping in the Church, praying in front of the Infant, and looking and the Church museum (which featured different outfits of the Infant), we went back across the river for dinner.

Along the beatiful St. Charles Bridge, there were artists and vendors. We at dinner in a Jewish town at Restaurace U Vltavy and got to eat Fried Cheese, which is like a giant mozarella stick (it’s a Prague specialty). Afterward we went back to the bus and headed toward Gaming.

A couple of interesting occurences:

1)      We saw peacocks and peahens up close and personal when we took a “shortcut”, which was just a garden/courtyard area.

2)      We found a store called Shakespeare!!! And it had books in English and French in it!!!

3)      They have a fake.. well… I’ll be nice. It’s an Eiffel Tower Replica.

4)      We did not go in the 5-floor discotech/dance club place, but we saw it.

5)      Claire…. She took another picture with a street performer.  When does she not!?!?!

Although we enjoyed seeking the beautiful city of Prauge, we were so exhausted and glad to get back to the Kartause-- and hear German again!