Alright so here it is a weeks worth of events that i have failedto blog because i have been so unbelievably busy!
I suppose we will start with Wednesday when our lovely tour guide
Vladka (short for Vladamir) took us to Prague's most famous gardens!
The gardens were breath taking! I can only imagine the hours put
into the landscapes' upkeep! My favorite garden was most definitely
the Vrtbovaka garden!
The Vrtbovska garden has an Italian style terrace and wasbuilt by the Vrtbovsky palace in 1715 - 1720 for Jan Joseph. The
garden or should I say gardens were set up in manner in which there was
multiple levels each giving visitors a better view of the last. Above is a picture of one of the
statues designed by sculptor Matyas Bernard Braun and below that is the fresco
painted by Vaclave Vavrinec Reiner.
The highest level gave us not only a great view of all the gardensbut a breath taking view of the city! This is a situation where pictures as
great they may be, JUST DONT DO IT JUSTICE!
The gardens were our first field trip and it
was def one to remember! it was supposed to be a rainy day and it
turned out to be an absolutely beautiful day!
Thursday we had class. We are learning about Czech history, interesting,
but very different from any history class I have sat in before. It is quiet
difficult at times trying to remember all of these Czech cities and names,
let me tell you all i may be in Prague but this is not going to be a breeze of a semester.
Thursday night was our Friday, classes are only held on TUES and THURS! So
we went out of course. We headed down to Wenceslas Square for the evening.
The Square, although i have never been there, reminds me of NYC.
It is still older buildings that Prague is famous for, but it is much more
commercial, vs. the Old Town Square.
It was ok, may go back may not. There is so much to explore here we dont want
to limit ourselves to the same weekend night after night. Sunday was a day
i'll always remember. Just like i had vividly remembered that day ten years prior.
We went to an event at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They had security check us
and I assumed there would be a speech said and a moment of silence had for
the lives lost in the September 11th tragedies. But there was a band. A rock band. And free beer
I didnt understand. I was confused why people were dancing and singing. There was a small
exhibit with 9/11 articles and pictures. It was kinda neat to see all articles in
the different languages all throughout the world.
Its nice to know that other countries around the world had us in their
prayers and were mourning with us in the hard times.
But this event really, just baffled me until the very last commment that was made
by what i believe was our (U.S) ambassador.
"Art is a way of healing and this is art"
SO i guess that explains the concert and the festivities.
Ok. So I am incredibly behind on writing this blog, I am now two and half
weeks into this adventure and i have blogged what three times?
More later.
