Mission to the Czech Republic

Once again I've managed to lock myself out of the Fishnet office!! I always seem to leave my keys somewhere else. Thankfully Ivana was here to let me in the building, but I still can't get into the teacher's office. She let me come up to her office, and I'm out of stuff to do, so I thought, why not update my blog? I had a wonderful weekend in Prague visiting Stacy, Elanor, and the rest of the crew. Che even decided to come in for a night, after my plan to visit her in Sokolov hit a slight roadblock (who knew the buses would fill up?). So we spent time at BoBagel, coffee shops, cooking, and watching movies and episodes of Lost Season 1. I'm also very proud to say that I sucessfully managed to get in the correct trains to make it out and back from Ostrava! (quite an accomplishment when you get to the train station and realize you don't know the Czech words for platform, track, train, or really any other useful transportation vocabulary).

The weather has warmed back up a bit, which is nice because I wasn't quite ready for snow. And when I say warm, I mean 33 degrees and raining. But at least I haven't broken out the long-underwear yet.

I've started going to a "spinning" class with one of my students, one of those places where you ride the stationary bikes. I haven't had much time for excercise, so the classes are GREAT! You basically get your butt kicked for an hour by a hard-core Czech guy in a cycling uniform and a bandana. They all laugh at me because half of the time (ok more like 90% of the time) I have no idea what he's saying! I just watch the person next to me to see when I should speed up or slow down. Andrea, my student, helps me as much as she can. It's hard work! At this rate I'll be rivaling Lance Armstrong by spring!

Well, time for Czech class!