Just Czechin' In

It's been awhile since I last posted, and a lot has happened! Most importantly, I was pseudo--evicted from my apartment and had to find another one. It was stressful and I felt bad for my roommates and also for the real estate agency that was helping us. However, all has worked out for the best and right now I am living in the most amazing apartment I have ever lived in/ever will live in! 

My cobblestone street

View from my bedroom: You can see the Prague Castle, Lenin Hill, & parts of old town. Not only that, but we are a 2 minute walk from the river & Charles Bridge.

Here is our beautiful living room! And you wouldn't have guessed it, but I"m actually paying 1000 crowns less a month than the other apartment.

& the kitchen!

Although we are very near the center, which tends to be a very touristy area, we live on a little picturesque cobbled street that is more residential. There are little cafes & restaurants around and we live only a 5 minute walk from the huge Tesco (grocery store).

We had to find a fifth roommate because the apartment is so big. We met a girl from New Zealand who is really cool & also studying at Charles University & she has decided to move in with us. It is awesome to have an international student to live with.

Intensive Czech started this week. It is very challenging to say the least, but we are learning helpful things like ordering at restaurants and common phrases to get around living in Prague. Strch prst skrz krk is a Czech tongue twister. Yes, that is a sentence with NO VOWELS, they really are not a big fan of vowels here.

Last weekend, we went clubbing both nights. The first night we went to a place called Lucerna, it was 80s/90s night so I heard a lot of songs from Grease, 80's pop & the friend's theme song. The second night we went to Karlovy Lazne, notoriously known as the "Five-Story Club"  It is actually only 2 minutes from our new apartment, but I'm not sure if I will be going back there all the time. It was a good experience, each floor has different themes, like "House/Trance, Top 40, Electronic, Lounge", and even one floor called "Black Music" Hmm....

  Lucerna stage dancing

Friends @ Lucerna

 Karlovy Lazne

 "5-Story Club"

Also went to take a tour of the Prague Castle. It really is beautiful & located across the river from Old Town in Mala Strana which translates to the "Lesser Town." It is on top of a small hill that has the most amazing view of the city.

Alphonse Mucha stained glass

Castle guard who was obviously really enjoying me snapping pictures of him

View from the top

Cau!

-Charlotte

P.S. I just found out from my aunt in England that I have a ticket to Glastonbury Festival which I will get for free by working at the Silent Disco handing out headphones. I cannot wait to hear about the lineup, I know it will be great! I'm crossing my fingers for Arcade Fire & Daft Punk.

*Czech words I learned today: Numbers 1-1000, Basic words for food & drink, & some simple verb conjugations, I think I'l slightly getting the hang of it.