destination: bologna!

food. bologna. YUM.

i would say the two pictures above describe my stay in bologna pretty well: delicious :) after three days of nonstop action, i spent two days in bologna with greg living the good life - food, friends, and more food. i also cannot believe that it's been almost two weeks since i was in italy. and i'm still writing about spring break. well i'm going to write about bologna and also do a quick recap of the past few days so that i don't fall too horribly behind.

like i said, we arrived in bologna on sunday night and spent monday hanging out - we toured bologna with julie and maria (one of julie's friends from ND who is studying at university of bologna (unibo for short) for the year) and it was neat - maria knew WAY more about bologna than i do about prague, which is sad considering the fact that i am in a class that talks about prague. most of the stores were closed since it was easter monday, but it was all good - the above pictures are from dinner on monday night - and can i just say that i had the best panini of my life? plus, monday was an important day because i ate gelato twice.

on tuesday, greg and i grabbed breakfast (aka another DELISH experience where i had one of the best cups of coffee known to mankind) then walked to a huge park that had everything from fountains to a GIANT TRAMPOLINE. italians sure know how to live the good life. we ate lunch and then met up with julie and maria at the bus station. julie and i flew ryanair and arrived in paris around 9pm on tuesday night. the last leg of my spring break (destination: paris) is ahead!

now. life in prague!

this weekend was superbly fun, probably one of my favorite weekends to date. we went to the PRAGUE ZOO on friday, which was awesome!!!!! the zoo is apparently one of the best in the world (7th according to forbes) and it is massive. we were there for 3+ hours and probably saw a quarter of it... well i got to see giraffes (which are probably one of my favorite animals now), penguins, lions, monkeys, flamingos, and much much more. 

on saturday, i finally got to go to narodni divadlo (the national theater) and saw a ballet called "la sylphide." it was incredibly beautiful and i loved every minute of it. i loved the costumes and the graceful dancing and the orchestra... a great way to spend an afternoon! i picked up a ton of groceries and made some vegetable korma for dinner after being inspired by karin's cooking way back in february. we went out to sasazu, a dance club, which was lots of fun :) the only down side is that I LOST MY PHONE LAST NIGHT, UGHHHH. i'm mad at myself because it just fell out of my pocket and of course it was impossible to look for it with that many people around. and i don't know if this is a good or bad thing but i also ran out of minutes on my phone so if someone finds it, they won't be able to call someone in my address book or something. oh wells.

today (sunday), i went to a carnival in prague 7 with jeannie and kyra and it was SO MUCH FUN! i think that's the first carnival i've gone to in a long time and it was a lot more elaborate than i thought.. we went on roller coasters and a water ride and the ferris wheel! plus one thing that prague carnivals have that american ones don't is an abundance of booze. we're not just talking beer on tap, but it is quite possible to take shots of vodka and/or rum while you're driving your bumper car. haha.

i actually can't believe i only have one more month in prague. i feel really mixed about this because on one hand, i am excited to live and intern in dc AND have my bffs visit me (and also go back to unlimited texting in the states, haha). i am also really looking forward to senior year, writing a thesis, HR-ing, and spending time with friends that i haven't seen since december. on the other hand, i LOVE prague. sure, there are down sides to being here but being abroad has been such an incredible experience and i know i am going to miss na svihance and taking the metro to mustek and buying groceries at albert's and speaking czech... and so on. i have four weekends left, which are more or less planned:

next weekend: litomerice wine tasting, plzen

last weekend of april: mom visiting

first weekend of may: london

second weekend of may: last weekend in prague / studying for exams / doing everything

well. i am not going to waste any time in the next month, that's for sure. too bad i have a FIVE HOUR DOCUMENTARY i have to watch on yugoslavia.