After 12 hours out of the apartment and about 9 of them walking around and climbing stairs, I now know why Europeans are so skinny...they are always in motion. It's great though. My body is wondering what I'm up to and feeling tired, but hopefully soon it will be up to speed and moving wonderfully. Eventually, the blister on my toe will heal as well...let's hope at least!
Today was an exciting day. Kami and I rose early to be part of the first group of tourists (yes, I love being a tourist!) at the Prague Castle. When we got to the Prague Castle...which is not just one building, it's gigungus (however you spell that...even though it's not really a word...haha). After buying our ticket, we went to look at the cathedral, which in my opinion is the highlight of the castle experience. We noticed a sign that said they weren't open for visitors until noon but since it was Sunday, they had mass at 9:30am. Even though neither one of us is Catholic, we thought it'd be an interesting experience, so we proceeded into the cathedral for mass. And yes, it was in Czech...so we pretty much had no clue what was going on at all. We just followed the people around us and did what they did. I don't know if that is sacreligious or not, but we just wanted to experience it...I mean, how many people do you know that have gone to a Czech mass service?!?
So after that, we wondered around and took some great pictures. The castle is on a hill that overlooks the city, so we were able to get some great pictures of the city. It was awesome. At noon, the castle did the changing of the guard, so we watched that for a bit. By that time, there were a bagillion tourists, so we didn't have too good of a view of the changing of the guard, but what we saw was interesting.
After taking a million more pictures, we headed down to the city and Kami was craving a Big Mac, so we found a McDonald's for her...haha...they're everywhere so it wasn't too hard. It's actually close to the Starbucks we went to yesterday...haha. They're really everywhere! :)
So anyways, we had a few hours to kill until we went to an English-speaking church so we just wondered around in the town and on the Charles Bridge...which is a huge pedestrian bridge over the river that runs through town. It is really insane to me all of the tourists...I knew it was a popular place, but it's just incredible all of the people representing so many different cultures in one town...not much like Tuscola, Texas! Haha.
A few months ago, Kami found an organization that did missions in Prague so she emailed them to see if they'd be there and we could go to their church and stuff, and they recommended an English-speaking church to attend while we're here. Faith Community Church wasn't the traditional church with pews and all, but it was a good experience. From what I could tell, some Americans started the church three years ago or so and have been hosting summer interns since and ministering to English-speaking folks since. There were about 30 people or so and there was a guest preacher, an American missionary that is doing work in Vienna right now. I thought it was a good sermon and the music was good and everyone was very friendly. Afterwards, their thing is to go to the beer gardens...I know, kinda crazy...but Kami and I went so we could chat some and get to know about these expats. They were really nice and one girl, Alice, is teaching English in Prague at local businesses so she let me ask a lot of questions and find out what we are to expect. It was good just to talk to someone who has done a TEFL class and that could tell us kind of what to expect.
So after hitting the grocery store on the way home, Kami and I finally made it home 12 hours later and pooped. We start our class tomorrow at 11am, so that'll be fun. I'm ready to meet all of our classmates and get started on another adventure.
Until next time America...
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