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Erratic jerks and turns of trams. Buildings filled with culture and meaning. Smageny syr. Zmrzlina. The occasional morning with sunlight coming into my room. Snow on the streets. Looking out for Thomas' untied shoes. Talking with Katie about That. Leaves falling off trees and swirling around my feet. Waiting for Dana or my parents to call. Echos. Trainrides to a surrounding capital city. Digital cameras. Videos. Learning German, never getting very far. Watching people run to catch the tram or bus. Running to catch the tram or bus. Your breath, and mine, perfectly visible in the night air. Christian and Thomas inserting the word 'fuck or 'fucking' into every sentence after seeing "Bad Santa." Czech movies: "Divided We Fall," "Kolya," "Otesanek." Baking cookies with Kasia and Cass in Bielsko Biala. Dancing with Christian. Buildings I can't remember the names of. Constant tiredness. Impatient to go home. Feel weird, detached, now that I am home. Mandarin oranges. Thankful for every second. Depeche Mode. Too many layers of clothes. Couch beds that make my back and neck incredibly sore. Tea. My writing. My mom. Late night talks about sex and relationships with Cass, Kasia, and Jess. Canned pineapple that lost its flavor. Getting locked out of my room. "Do you see the connection?" Czeck koruns. Foreign currencies. Auschwitz. Prague 80's dance club. Playing badminton with Jorg. Tony. Our 'weird person party' that never transpired. Italian dinner with Katie: our religious beliefs. Maybe Katie. Neperliva voda. "Noo!" The Notwist. So many unsatisfying pizzas. A kiss in a glass elevator, another on the edge of the street. Blind-folded trips to Olomouc. Night time busrides. The Low Tatras. Ham flavored everything. PROSIM! Cass climbing in through my window, drunkenly. Jazz concerts. Miles Davis. Kasia and I talking in voices. Dreading the day when I had to do laundry. Stressful encounters at the grocery store, at the front desk. Independence. Confronting a plethora of weaknesses. Dishwatered grilled cheese exploring every nook and cranny of our room. Photobooths. Blue flowers on our white wall. Riding to the end on tram #4. Rivers and snow. Impending emotional jetlag. Intense emotional jetlag. Christian's glasses. Emotionally inscrutable. Tomatoes in a plastic baggie for Cass. Bananas and peanut butter. Apples and peanut butter. "You eat everything with peanut butter!" A brief, yet intense relationship with Nutella. Too cold to go outside. Bob. Castles and parks and cemeteries. Pingpong with Chloe. Cats in Krakow outside a Jewish museum. Hand games. Critical. Not standing up to them. So many unspoken misunderstandings. "Oh, you are the only one who doesn't understand German here." Druzba and fairly non-existent dragon ladies. Laundry in the sink. Becoming comfortable with holding hands. The most dangerous showers known to man. The Kilomann. Shit on bathroom walls. "Is this vegetarian?" "Yes, yes." right right, because ham is definitely vegetarian! Ripped jeans. "I've had the time of my life." Girls named Jana. The Black Diamond. Cantaloupe in Paris and Munich. Very aggressive bees this year. Pot fights. Maralyn and Spencer. Kevin and Henry. School? Studying? Not drinking all that much. Pudding hot chocolate. Feeling. "Strange highs and strange lows." Sveho. Funniness. Making up words. Adventures of the Huge Dad. Jorg's bobbing head on busrides. Anti-Bush posters. I can't believe Bush was re-elected. Run. My sister. Dry skin. They never smile back. "And I'm wondering, why this fear of men?" "Let's get out of Gyor." Flies, Rajka, overly loud speaker system. Pigeons, ew pigeons. Confusion. Stealing Kasia's bread, tea, milk and toothpaste, usually telling her. Cass stealing a rootless plant from the botanical garden (how is that doing by the way??). Oh, Cass. Hugs in the rain. An unfinished story. Phlegmatic dancing. Circular thinking. Circular living. SMS ("short message something"). Norberto Bobbio. Vodka and juice. Schlumpfa (definitely with the 2 dots over the u). Holding hands with Christian. Horse shows in London. Complicated love stories. Thermal spas. Unwanted advice. The Broom of Truth! Andrew and Jess and Jef. Only partially listening. Tears. Laska.