Contrary to the subject line, my skillz are non-existant. So much so, that I have to thank unique_kiwi for the banner now adorning my user info and the Bones Picture Archive for the picture now heading this journal.

I've added some photos I took yesterday at Karlovo namesti (Charles Square for us non-Czech speakers) to my flickr page.

Enjoy!

Last night, my roomie Alice, her boyfriend Jay, one of Jay's Czech friends, and I took in the U Vejvodu pub in Old Town. It's such a misleading building from the outside. At first glance, you'd think that it would be very small and cramped inside, like a typical small bar. You'd be wrong. Apparently, U Vejvodu consists of two gothic cellars that ( Read more... )

What a gorgeous Friday! It's bright and sunny outside, the temp is in the mid-50's, and I'm having a great day. :) I've already taught my class this morning, gone to Ikea to prep for my parent's arrival here in 12 (!) days, had lunch and it's only 12:20. I have a workshop to attend this afternoon, and then I'm going to wander around Karlovo ( Read more... )

We've had the weirdest weather today. It was nice and sunny in the early afternoon, then it was extremely windy and rainy for a period of 20 minutes or so. Then it cleared up, and the sun came out, but it's overcast and threatening to rain again. I hope this is not a portent of a tornado, or the killer wind that we had earlier this year ( Read more... )

This past week, I've been housesitting/dogsitting for a friend from my bible study group. It was excellent. She lives in an awesome flat in the "Castle District" of Prague. Her dog is a small black lab mix, smaller than either of my two dogs at home. It was so nice to be around a dog again--it's been almost 6 months since I've seen mine, and I ( Read more... )

Today was such a nice day (sunny & 41 Farenheit), that I felt compelled to leave my flat and take a walk. I decided to visit Vysehrad again, an old fortress in Prague with really excellent views of the city as it is so high above the river. The last time I went to Vysehrad was back in the fall, around midnight, so it was nice to see it in the ( Read more... )

Who would drive a Hummer H2 model through the tiny, narrow, cobblestone streets of Prague? An asspat (tm olemisschrissy ) who shipped it over from Texas would!

Seriously!

*boggles*

much thanks to going_mach5 for the icon.

I saw a never nude like Tobias Funke last week. It was quite startling, as it's the middle of winter here in Prague (albeit a not so cold one), he was in the Andel (Angel for us non-Czech speakers) shopping center, and he wasn't wearing pants, only the cutoffs and a long-sleeve shirt. Odd!

Here's a visual for you:

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I hope this whole health insurance thing gets processed in time for me to pick up my Visa in Vienna on Friday. That would take care of the having to leave the country every 90 days issue. meh!

We played Beyond Balderdash tonight at my Bible study instead of the usual gathering. The most fun part was reading Balderdash definitions of yore, papers from a game at least 2 years previous ( Read more... )