A solid 24 hours with no water really shouldn’t be that difficult to handle, and really it wasn’t. But, even in that short amount of time you learn how much is taken for granted in your daily routine.
This morning when I woke, I still had no water so I layered the deodorant and sprayed the perfume, put the hair in a ponytail and ventured into the wild (I hadn’t showered since Wednesday morning FYI- so that is some stinky build-up) Of course, I forget that Europeans aren’t as smell conscious as I am so I am sure no one noticed I hadn’t showered in a couple days…or washed my face…or noticed the greasy hair slicked back.
Like I said, classy.
So, today between classes, instead of coming back to the flat to smell the stinky dishes (and stinky roommates) I ventured around town to soak in the beautiful weather– and air out.
View in both directions from the balcony of my favorite cafe. Right in the heart of the city.
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This picture doesn’t do it justice, but I have a class with a student who has a conference room that sits high above on Václavské náměstí and has a 360 degree view of Prague.
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JZP Square. The Toilet Church and the Baby Tower (none of which are the proper names for these places…)The church looks crooked like it is about to roll over onto the other buildings, but I am pretty sure it is stable and this is only an illusion of the picture.
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No worries. Mila, my wonderful Czech neighbor, heard me unlocking my door and came from her apartment and proudly proclaimed that we now had “voda!” I am smelling like roses!
30 April 2008 at 8:58 am
I have been in Prague for 2 weeks, I absolutely loved. I was there with my friends. During the day we went to visit what the guide told us to: ) but we had a lot of fun during the night.
I found the city beautiful, like a fairytale land, the towers, the castles, the cathedrals….
I also found the city safe as you can see in this article from the government pages, I never had a problem by being out till late or walking to the hotel alone. Life there is so cheap we can live very well there. The price of the beer make us get drunk easier: )
I also was nicely surprised by the place we slept in I’ll leave you here a very good site of Prague hotels http://www.prague-hotels.org.uk/, they are cheap and very pleasant.
I was also very impressed by the Jewish quarter, specially the first synagogue where the names of the victims are written all over the walls.
The got a nice weather there it was sunny and hot. The only problem is that there no sea air circulating but that was ok. I intend to return for sure. But yes Czech people sleep terrible. I don’t know how they can go out like that.