wesleyan reunions and cold weather

greg in prague = major major win :)

after i came back from amsterdam, i had about three hours at home before greg arrived from frankfurt. greg is studying abroad in bologna, italy this semester and he traveled around germany before coming to visit me in prague. i have been missing wes more than i thought i would so it was absolutely fantasticky to have him here for a few days :) we didn't do all the things i wanted to do but we did get dessert (twice), eat thai food (twice), go to prague castle, buy postcards, and listen to a lot. of. kpop. right now, sarah, max, and audrey are in prague, so there's another piece of wesleyan here (though it's across the river since they are staying in a hostel). i feel very very fortunate that i could see some of my friends while i'm here.

i am finally almost better from this freakish cold, right in time for our group trip to krakow, poland this thursday. this semester is going by very very quickly and i don't want to miss a beat, but i spent all day today relaxing at home, watching grey's and friends, and eating some korean noodles that i grabbed from my uncle's. there's so much to do and see here but i think it's also important for me to take time to relax and get some rest. pranadhi went to budapest this weekend so i am excited to see her and hear about what they did.. i don't think i'll be going to budapest but i realized that spring break is about two weeks away and i have such incredible plans so i am pumped. i'm leaving for rome on april 2 and meeting julie at the airport, and we're spending friday, saturday, and sunday morning in rome. since she goes to notre dame, i'm going to tag along to a few of the catholic-y things like easter mass on sunday and the tour of the vatican and the sistine chapel (both things which happen to start at 8am, lucky us). on sunday, we're taking a train to florence, meeting greg, then spending the day there before heading to bologna. on monday, we're taking a day trip to either cinque terre or verona, and then we leave for paris on tuesday afternoon. i'm SO excited to see italy (and to have greg cook again, haha) - ever since i read "eat, pray, love" sophomore year, i've been dying to go to italy.

in other news, i love my internship! last week, i got to research different fundraising techniques/methods and tomorrow, i'm going to start putting the newsletter together for january and february. i like having different tasks because it never gets boring and i feel like what i'm doing is actually making a difference. all my classes are going okay, and i still love my czech class :) 

i'm also looking forward to returning to wes in the fall. i LOVE prague and i am so so so glad i chose to study abroad this semester but there are so many things i'm looking forward to about wesleyan and senior year. for one thing, we have an incredible staff for reslife next year that i am excited about :) i'm also SUPER PUMPED ABOUT CLASSES because i am a nerd. the religion department hired a new islam and gender professor, plus i will hopefully be taking a class called "worlding the world" with my favorite professor ever (!!!!!).

last thing - it's still cold in prague. it snowed last week and it's been pretty cloudy and cold, so it makes me even more anxious for spring. i'm going to be patient though, because when it gets here, it's pretty much going to be the best thing ever.