Secrets I Will Tell

I have a secret. It's a big secret. People in America would flip out if this situation were reversed.


Until about 10 a.m. today, I was technically an illegal immigrant.


Let's debrief.

Chats With Seester

me:  uhm, the hotel you booked in vienna says COMPLIMENTARY MINI BAR

did i read that right?

 Gwen:  Most do.  

 me:  i thought most places you pay for the stuff in the mini bar

which is why i never touch the stuff

i'm afraid of those prices

and [there's] a freaking crystal chandelier [!]

what up!

i'm so not classy enough for this place

i'm 25 and my friends like to mix boxed wine with coca-cola

 Gwen:  Clarification: most in Vienna offer complimentary mini-bar

 me:  ex.ci.ted.

 Gwen:  Vienna isn't a dive bar.

 me:  neither is prague

just my life 

Pražský Hrad

I've been to Prague Castle about a hundred times since I've lived in Prague (Nearly six months! Woot!) because we don't have castles where I'm from and so every time I see it I'm like "EEK!". (Typical American reaction.) But I've never paid the cash to actually go inside stuff. I usually just walk about the general area and marvel at everything. There was the one time I went inside St. Vitus Cathedral, but it's free as long as you stay in the back portion of the church where you have to use your zoom for pictures.


Part of the reason I had been holding out on spending the dough is that I knew eventually I would have visitors and they would want to go. I don't want to pay for this 12 thousand times. It ain't cheap. At least not on my salary.


So I finally got a visitor and he was uber-excited about Prague Castle so we forked out the money to get to go inside and see stuff. I have to say, it was actually worth it.

Illusions of Glamour

So people have this idea that I (and those like me) lead a super glamorous life or something. I'm not really sure where they got that idea. (Couldn't be this blog. I mean really...)

[Via]

Sure, I live in Europe in the center-ish of a major capital city. I go out with my friends all the time. I'm learning (yet) a(nother) foreign language and their are lots of hot European men. But don't get me wrong, this is not a super posh life.

Chats With Seester... Continued

Four weeks until my sister gets here. I can't wait!

Gwen: "I'm trying to learn basic Czech phrases!" 

Me: "Yay!"

Gwen: "(hard!)" 

Me: As long as you can say "Dobry den," "Děkuju," "Na Shledanou," and "Jedno pivo prosim," you'll be fine.

Really, what else do you need to know besides, "Hello," "Thank you," "Bye," and "One beer please," when visiting the Czech Republic?

Best Month Ever

Uhm, did anyone else notice that tomorrow is June?

This means that I've been in Prague for five months and holy cow has it been a whirl wind! I know I'll be here (at least) until this time next year and the way things are going that has me believing it might be over before I realize it's even begun.


It's amazing all the things that have happened already, but I feel like there's so much more to see and do!


But at least I'll be seeing a lot of Bohemia this summer. With my friend from college (almost wrote university...) coming in this weekend and my sister coming in July, I'll have plenty of opportunity to see things.


I'm thinking Moravia in the fall/winter. Anybody want to come visit this winter?


However, I will say that thus far, May has clearly been the best month.


We have our standard things to do like the beer garden and the park on Sundays. But we have been doing such a great job at finding new and different things to go do. It's only going to get better too. In the coming month there's the Prague Museum Night (I love museums!) and the United Islands (music) Festival.


Man, I love this place.

Gastronaut

The ladies over at Jet Setting Divas pointed blog readers in the direction of this travel profile quiz hosted by American Express' Travel site. 


I love things that try to tell me who I am 'cause they're usually super hi-larious. Though I will say I'm quite pleased with these results. I think they fit me to a T.


Apparently I'm a Gastronaut.