Snow in Prague!

It's snowing in Prague today! I think this is supposed to be a really cold week! It hasn't been too bad yet, but I knew it was coming. I do look forward to seeing the city covered in snow, so I don't mind if it just keeps on snowing today. Today, we can go on a Prague tour so I plan on doing that, but it will be very cold indeed.

Yesterday we went to Karlovy Vary - another city in the Czech Republic. It's much smaller than Prague, but it is a pretty cool town. It's a spa town and there are hot springs all over the city. People drink from them every day, because I guess it is supposed to keep you healthy. So we walked around the city - some peole stopped and tried the springs, but everybody said it was pretty gross, so I refrained.

They make a really popular liquor in this town that was started by the Becher family - it's called Becherovka. They have a little museum there and gave us a tour of where they make the liquor. We saw all these huge barrels that the liquor was in. You could definitely smell it as we walked around. Then, at the end we went to the tasting room and tried three different shots of the liquor. It wasn't too tasty, but it was a fun time. We didn't know we would be doing that, so it was a nice surprise. Then we had some lunch where I tried my first goulash here. It was really good!

It's weird going out to eat here because beer is definitely the cheapest drink to get and you get the most quantity. Usually, it's a big mug of beer or you can order a half. The half is still more than if you ordered a coke.

Hockey is a huge deal here and with the olympics going, all the Czech students are really into it. Last night we went down to the club and pub and everybody was watching the hockey game. It was Czech Republic vs. Slovakia so it was a pretty huge deal (Czechlosavakia split into Czech Republic and Slovakia). I don't know anything about hockey, but I might come back from here a hockey fan! Laura is a huge hockey fan and we might get tickets to a hockey game on her birthday. One of the Czech buddies is a huge fan and said he could get us some tickets.

And we finally have our student i.d. cards and can eat at the menza - the dining center at school. There's three different ones on the campus and they are so much cheaper than eating out every day.

Okay, better go!