Just another day in PRAHA!

Today was a great day! The sun was shining, I wore a cute dress to school, and I didn't get lost...not once!

I have realized that my life has a soundtrack and when I think about the different moments in my day, a new song comes to mind. Perhaps it's because I have always wanted to be a movie star!! But either way, I believe music adds meaning to an otherwise ordinary situation. Every morning I listen to KT Tunstall, "Suddenly I See". It's my power song and after listening to it I feel ready for the day! However, I must say, David Gray has been my soundtrack for this trip thus far. But I was walking home from school tonight and feeling a little sad and lonely and Kendall Payne "I Will Show You Love" came on and reminded me that I am not alone...no matter how I may feel.

My favorite thing about the students at PBS is that they never call you by your last name (Ms. Merriman) but instead, they just say "Misses". It is absolutely adorable! (Say the following aloud with a British accent) "Misses, what pages do we read?" "Misses, when is this due?" "Misses, how was your holiday?" I love it!!! It reminds me of Mary Poppins!

Today in creative writing, the students were reading a short story by Bill Bryson about his life growing up in Iowa. Only one student in the whole class is a native English speaker so there are dictionaries in case they don't know a word. I was looking around the class and noticed that one of the Czech students looked very frustrated and was flipping through the dictionary furiously. Finally, he raised his hand and said, "Misses! I don't know what this word means and I can't find it anywhere in the dictionary". It turns out the word was "purdy" (like pretty with a southern accent). We tried to explain this to him but he didn't really get it. Haha!

On my way home today, I sat next to a man wearing a nice suit, carrying a briefcase, and reading the paper...ya know, your typical business man! When he stood up, he grabbed his briefcase and I saw that there was a huge picture of Batman on the front of it! Go figure!!!


The beautiful city!

The dancing building: named because it looks like two people are dancing...some people call it Fred and Ginger named after the famous dancing duo. Oddly, it blends in perfectly with the old architecture that surrounds it