Never Have I Ever....

View of the Prague Castle

Lately I've been thinking about living abroad. Not just studying abroad but living in Prague. (And no, not permanently either.) Let me explain. Recently I was thinking how quick and easy it was (after a while) to get used to living abroad. I have a routine and a life here and I only arrived two months ago! It's such a strange thing. To think, there will in fact be an adjustment going back home after this. Something clicked recently and I realized I haven't been "adjusting" to living abroad in a long while. I'm just living abroad now. Living in Prague is different from home, absolutely. But now when I try to pinpoint the things that make it so, it is more and more difficult because I am accustomed to living in Prague. It's also the reason why I miss home more now... it seems farther away!

I also thought it was a good idea to look back and write down all the little experiences I may not have thought to blog about as they happened.

At this point in my study abroad experience I have: 

1. mistaken the Czech words for men and women's restrooms.
2. done my grocery shopping entirely in Czech.
3. gone to Charles University's version of Fall W.I.L.D. (Walk In Lay Down, Washington University in St. Louis's fall music festival). See a preview here. 
4. discovered there are probably more different types of Czech alcohol than there are people in Prague. (beer of course, Moravian white wine, Becherovka, Slivovice, burcak, svarak or hot wine, grog, czech rum... made out of potatos like everything else in this country... the list goes on and on!)
5. been to an art gallery opening over an hour away by train.
6. been regularly spoiled with live music to accompany dinner. 
7. bargained in Czech. 
8. relied on church bells for the time, rather than a watch.
9. gone 2 months without ketchup and then thought fries and Heinz were sent from heaven. 
10. been mistaken for a local.

Me, our mentor Miroslav, and fellow Photography in Prague students (and my roommates)
Anna and Rachel at an art opening in Utsi. 

A shot of Becherovka at David Cerny's MeetFactory.