hello daylight savings

Well it is daylight savings here in the Czech Republic. If it wasn't for the British neighbors I would not have known. So I lost an hour of sleep last night. I believe everyone in the U.S. still has a week before they need to worry about it.
I went to Mass this morning at our usual church. It was so much colder inside the church than it actually was outside. There was a visiting choir from England and Ireland. I guess they often have visiting choirs at the church. The other weekend, when I was out of town, a choir from Connecticut had come.

Last night some of us headed out to a little reggae bar, called The Ridgeback. I'm not sure who discovered this place, but it turned out pretty cool. When we first walked in I thought we were going to feel a little bit awkward and out of place, because the only people I saw at first seemed to be Jamaican. Once we headed down the stairs we saw a whole variety of people just hanging out in this smokey little bar. One band had just finished playing so another one was setting up. We had to pay 50 Krowns to get in , which is only a little over 2 dollars. And the drinks were the cheapest drinks I've seen besides the pubs around our dorm. A half liter was 25 krowns.. which is about a dollar. And a 0.3 liter was 18 krowns.. not too shabby. The place was packed so we had to stand, but we were standing front and center when the band started playing. So, the reggae band started playing and everyone was just having a good time.. dancing around. A few different singers would jump up for different songs and sing for a bit. It was a really laid back atmosphere and they seemed to be singing/speaking in English most of the time. They were singing about loving everybody... it was just a fun place to be..

I didn't want to make it a late night, so I left with a couple others to catch the last metro of the night. As we were leaving, this little jamaican guy that had been singing came up to us and started speaking in spanish to Laura Torres, my flatmate, who is originally from Columbia. He asked where we're from and she told him "kansas". He was like "why are you speaking in spanish??"...haha. I told him I don't speak spanish, so then he starts speaking in English and telling us not to leave because there is going to be so many fun things going on later in the night. We told him we'd come back some time and bring more friends. I asked him if they have live music every night and he said they did. He said he's there every night. Apparently, someone said he speaks like 6 different languages. Pretty impressive.

It's fun finding these places in Prague that are so different than any bar or club I've ever been to. I'm sure we'll be returning sometime to that place.

The trombone, trumpet, and saxophone all playing...

Two of the singers: