Patience is a Virtue

We are winding down our first week in the Czech Republic. Wow are things different here. I must say I'm pretty sure I'm going to come back a changed woman. I'll have a British accent (as our new best foreign friends are from England and France) and I won't know how to drive (as we walk everywhere).


So far from what I've seen the architecture in Olomouc is gorgeous. It's like a big, real life Disneyland. You know how you walk down the little streets at Disneyland, and they've made all the buildings look all cute and antique? Well that's how it really is here! It's absolutely adorable! The only bad thing is in America you can kind of tell what buildings are sketch and which aren't...well here you can't tell. You can find the cutest, cleanest little restaurants hidden in some random hole in the wall. So what we've been doing is randomly going into restaurants, pointing at something on the menu and seeing what we get. It's adventurous and makes every meal an exciting event. I'm pretty sure I'm going to come back 30 pounds heavier. :( Worth it!! Ha.


Honestly the one word I would use to describe the Czech Republic is 'simple'. Everything is just so calm, quiet, and laid back. There are not many cars (as I've heard they are quite expensive) so everyone walks everywhere, or they take a bus and/or tram. Little kids even walk. The Czechs aren't as impatient as Americans. I feel like in America parents throw their children in stroller because they are in too much of a hurry to wait for their kids to walk along side them. In Czech they let their kids walk and explore, and they take the time to enjoy a nice walk. This does make getting places take longer but from what I've observed they don't work that much here. They have long lunch breaks and all the shops are closed by like 7pm. Then everything is closed on Sundays and only open from 10am-1pm on Saturdays. Bars and pubs close at 1 am, but that is understandable because they are usually open again in the morning. But after bars close the clubs are open literally all night.


Classes don't seem to be too challenging yet, but once Dr. Clark's class starts I'm sure that will change. I've had some points where I've gotten home sick but so far I'm still glad to be here. I don't know I just feel like I've done and seen so much in the last five days there is no possible way to type it all. I hope to keep blogging at least once a week, but having no internet in my room makes this a little more difficult (What did I say...simple people here). But overall right now I'm doing good and just working on adjusting to this new way and pace of life.


Stay tuned more European adventure stories to come....