Hot Salty Water
So I haven't posted anything in awhile so I will ramble on about the things that have been happening in my life.....
AIESEC Conference in Sec - The AIESEC Czech national conference happened over the weekend of 21-23....it was a good time although I didn't get to partake in all of the festivities. The plan: As a trainee was leaving for Italy we were having a going away party at my flat for her on Friday (the conference started on Friday). A few us figured that we would miss the first night to host a wicked bad party and then leave early Saturday and have two full days to enjoy the conference and the lovely scenery around the conference centre. Alex decided to have a few too many drinks on Friday and completely sleep through my alarm in the morning. You probably thinking (or not), why didn't your flatmates wake you up? In my drunken stuper I locked my door and no one could wake me. They weren't pleased with me to say the least as it was my idea to take this early morning bus. My flatmates, Alice, Veronika and a friend, Alp took the early bus while I took a train in the afternoon. I wasn't feeling too hot but when I got up and realized where I was I sprung into action and figured out a way to get to the conference....although a bit late. I had a longer than anticipated stop in Pardubice but it turned out nicely as I had time to explore the interesting town centre. Saturday night was a Global Village party, so the different AIESEC locals and trainees set up booths with their local food, items and drinks. The AIESECers partied AIESEC style all night (choreographed dances and the like)....I of coursed joined in! Sunday was spent chillin by the lake (Sec is in the middle of the Czech Republic and has a lot of great nature around it....kinda like Canada :).
Blanka's week in Prague: Blanka arrived in Prague on Tuesday with two of the biggest and most densely packed suitcases ever...I guess she is a girl, but honestly who needs 30 pairs of everything!?!? We had an amazing 6 days together. First day she arrived she was a bit tired so after some great homecooking we called it a night. On Wednesday night we also took it easy because I had "organized" a day trip to a spa town in Western CR. While I was organizing I overlooked the concept of reserving tickets and we didn't get to Karlovy Vary as early as we would have like to....but it was nice all the same. This spa town is famous for its natural hot spring that you drink rather than bath in....I had promised Blanka some hot springs but we quickly realized that the only hot springs were in the luxury spa resorts which were a bit over our budget. There were twelve little hot spring "taps" that you would drink from (after you bought an interestingly shaped ceramic cup) and it is supposed to cure what ails ya. The water tastes like what it is....hot salty water and the guy selling us the cups let us kindly know that "you drink from the spring, then you go bathroom" .....so this is what they mean by a spa town!!! After our interesting water tasting we strolled through the town which is beautiful and picturesque. Apparently different Russian mafia clans have bought up the entire town and claimed it a "safe" zone....this is a good thing I guess. The houses are built into the hills along the river vallery and there is great shopping and food. It was definitely a great day trip even without the hot springs!
The next few days of Blanka's stay were spent touring the city which was also really fun. We stayed in a hotel for the weekend and had a totally relaxing time. The pictures tell the story and I am tired of writing so check out: http://alexspictures83.spaces.live.com/
PS. work is getting better, my flat is great and Blanka even said that I looked like I lost weight!!!
AIESEC Conference in Sec - The AIESEC Czech national conference happened over the weekend of 21-23....it was a good time although I didn't get to partake in all of the festivities. The plan: As a trainee was leaving for Italy we were having a going away party at my flat for her on Friday (the conference started on Friday). A few us figured that we would miss the first night to host a wicked bad party and then leave early Saturday and have two full days to enjoy the conference and the lovely scenery around the conference centre. Alex decided to have a few too many drinks on Friday and completely sleep through my alarm in the morning. You probably thinking (or not), why didn't your flatmates wake you up? In my drunken stuper I locked my door and no one could wake me. They weren't pleased with me to say the least as it was my idea to take this early morning bus. My flatmates, Alice, Veronika and a friend, Alp took the early bus while I took a train in the afternoon. I wasn't feeling too hot but when I got up and realized where I was I sprung into action and figured out a way to get to the conference....although a bit late. I had a longer than anticipated stop in Pardubice but it turned out nicely as I had time to explore the interesting town centre. Saturday night was a Global Village party, so the different AIESEC locals and trainees set up booths with their local food, items and drinks. The AIESECers partied AIESEC style all night (choreographed dances and the like)....I of coursed joined in! Sunday was spent chillin by the lake (Sec is in the middle of the Czech Republic and has a lot of great nature around it....kinda like Canada :).
Blanka's week in Prague: Blanka arrived in Prague on Tuesday with two of the biggest and most densely packed suitcases ever...I guess she is a girl, but honestly who needs 30 pairs of everything!?!? We had an amazing 6 days together. First day she arrived she was a bit tired so after some great homecooking we called it a night. On Wednesday night we also took it easy because I had "organized" a day trip to a spa town in Western CR. While I was organizing I overlooked the concept of reserving tickets and we didn't get to Karlovy Vary as early as we would have like to....but it was nice all the same. This spa town is famous for its natural hot spring that you drink rather than bath in....I had promised Blanka some hot springs but we quickly realized that the only hot springs were in the luxury spa resorts which were a bit over our budget. There were twelve little hot spring "taps" that you would drink from (after you bought an interestingly shaped ceramic cup) and it is supposed to cure what ails ya. The water tastes like what it is....hot salty water and the guy selling us the cups let us kindly know that "you drink from the spring, then you go bathroom" .....so this is what they mean by a spa town!!! After our interesting water tasting we strolled through the town which is beautiful and picturesque. Apparently different Russian mafia clans have bought up the entire town and claimed it a "safe" zone....this is a good thing I guess. The houses are built into the hills along the river vallery and there is great shopping and food. It was definitely a great day trip even without the hot springs!
The next few days of Blanka's stay were spent touring the city which was also really fun. We stayed in a hotel for the weekend and had a totally relaxing time. The pictures tell the story and I am tired of writing so check out: http://alexspictures83.spaces.live.com/
PS. work is getting better, my flat is great and Blanka even said that I looked like I lost weight!!!
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