When you have less than 2 weeks left in a place, it tends to put things into perspective. Tonight we dined with some of the friends we met here and played guitar. I will remember this part of Paris every bit as much as the rest of it, and probably cherish it more. All of the people I have met mean so much to me, and have taught me that when i think I know everything I actually know nothing.It's been a long time since I posted, shorry! I have been to London and Prague, both incredible although I must say that Prague was a better experience. In London we stayed in a giant hostel room with 15 girls. The bunk beds we stacked up by threes. It was craziness up in there. Oh, and did I mention that there was only one sink in the room? Imagine 15 college-aged girls trying to get ready in the morning with only one mirror... oh boy. The room would also prove to be a vehicle for what we think was the 24-hour flu as well as the scene of a crime (someone came in and stole a laptop and 2 ipods, one of which was mine. Boo.) But other than that it was great!
We did a lot of the usual sight-seeing as a group while we were there. The girls and I had fun taking random pictures around the city and exploring. On the 11th, we stumbled across a place where you could get what we like to call a "fish pedicure." Warning: The following information is not for the faint of stomach. At this place, you put your feet in a tank full of fish and they eat the dead skin. I had heard about this for a while and thought "You know what? I'm gonna do it!" So I had the dead skin eaten off of the bottom of my feet by fish. When I put my feet in, the fish swarmed immediately and started nibbling away. It kind of felt like bubbles... with tiny teeth... i don't know, it was just weird. After 5 minutes of shrieking I finally managed to calm down. My feet were pretty dang smooth after that.
London was so long ago, I hardly remember what happened then! I guess nothing. Moving on to Prague then! It is such a beautiful city, with so much to do! The first night we were there we actually saw the new Twilight movie. It was in english with czech subtitles. Usually I ignored them but sometimes when the plot got boring I would try and fail miserably at reading the czech. What a bizarre language. I laughed when Edward said "Bella!" because it translated to "Bello!"
The next day we took a walking tour around the city and learned about all the history. We had a great English guide who I liked to call "Tour-guide-Tom." One of the largest tourist sites in Prague is this giant clock in the town center. Every hour, the clock sounds and a live trumpet player plays a little tune at the very top of the tower and waves this gimpy little flag. Tour-guide-Tom told us that this was added in 2008 because tourists would gather every hour to a very anti-climactic display, so they figured they should spice things up. He also said the natives complain that the trumpet player has the easiest job ever-- working for 90 seconds out of every hour and getting literal applause for it. Love it.Our last day in Prague we ended up discovering some beautiful sites as we wandered around. It was pretty cold out there so we definitely had to stop in at Starbucks for a little hot chocolate action, but it was lovely. I adored all of the red rooftops and green copper, but I missed too quickly the Art Nouveau architectural suave of Paris. We stayed in Prague for only about 2 and a half days.
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