So this one time I went to Prague and...: Weekends are awesome.

So during the week last week, my life was pretty low key. Hung out at the apartment, tried to get some sleep because I thought I was getting sick again (as far as I can tell, I think it's allergies... which is just a whole new thing unto itself). Made it through my first week of classes in one piece though, and they all seem promising.

Friday, we went to Anděl, a shopping center, to get some groceries. And we got off the tram and there was a farmers market in the square! So we wandered around, looked at some cool crafts, really fresh beautiful vegetables, and other local foods. It was really great.

Then Saturday morning we woke up to hearing the thumpa-thumpa of a bass, and I look out our window, and there's a DJ in the middle of our square, and a few tents set up and a bunch of people mingling around. All of

Amerícka street was closed down, and a huge street market was setting up for the day. We wandered down a couple blocks in the opposite direction from the metro, and there was a Mexican festival going on! There was a band there from Mexico and everything!

The Mexican festival

Then, Maja's friend came to meet us and we went to this park that's just down the street from us to play frisbee. The park is absolutely gorgeous.

There's a vineyard attached to the park, with a beautiful view of Prague

This wooden structure was just beautiful


Stairs. They were pretty, what can I say?

Then yesterday we went to Karlštejn Castle, which was a short train ride outside of Prague, and then a 2k walk up the hillside to get there. They were having a wine festival (what else?), but it was kind of a renaissance faire as well. It was really great. There were people in costume, some really great food (Trdelník, a great Czech sweet which is kind of like a doughnut but crunchy and delicious; Sausages; Potato pancakes with sauerkraut; etc.) a really great renaissance band that played, some renaissance/traditional Czech dancing, and a stunning setting.