three days left.

it is actually unbelievable to me that i have three days left in prague. i know i'll be staying in europe for another three weeks... but still. it's weird to think about moving out of my flat. not using the prague metro (which i love). not going to lemon leaf all the time. too much to think about at this point.

this past week has been relatively uneventful, since it's finals week. for some reason, i seem to have a lot less work than other people though i don't really know how true that is since i had three papers and an exam. well. i'm almost done with all my work meaning i can spend the next couple days exploring/going to new places. on friday, our trip to the vietnamese outdoor market was canceled because of the rain.. so i tried looking for the ethnographic museum but failed. instead i climbed to the top of petrin hill by walking, which was nice but also sort of sad because it made me realize how much i love prague and how sad i am to leave. i don't think the rainy weather or the mopey k-pop ballads i was listening to really helped my mood.. anyhow. after that, i scurried home and then met up with kyra in front of the state opera where we saw madame butterfly, a totally spontaneous thing. it was fantasticky and i loved the music, though the story itself was incredibly sad.

from the top: cerny statues near ujzed, flowers on top of petrin, and me at the opera house!

yesterday, kyra and i went to plzen - famous for the pilsner urquell brewery. plzen was sort of a strange-looking town. it was cold and deserted on a saturday, but that could be because of the cold weather. we ate lunch, walked around a bit, and then went on the brewery tour which was really cool. overall a great day :) and the hot cocoa on the student agency buses were also super, haha.

so i am this close |----| to finishing junior year. just final edits on my eu integration paper left. i've started packing, and it just feels SO strange to think about how fast this semester has gone by. in a week from now, i'll be in paris. in a month from now, i'll be working in dc. wow.

and one last thing. wednesday was our last prague as a living history class - the exam for the class was 15 questions and had lots of pictures, ridic. afterwards, we went to the beer garden right next to our flat with PAVEL and we also played foosball, talked about hopscotch, and the meaning of the universe. per usual.

HE ALSO INVITED US TO HIS CHOIR CONCERT!!!!!!!! but we aren't going to be in prague for it. sadness.