lenin, not lennon

Monday night I got home and caught up with everyone. There were some good weekends! Many of my friends went to the first weekend of Oktoberfest [I'll be there this weekend!!], others went to Krakow, and some just hung out around here.

Tuesday I had class. I find my gender class to be one of the most interesting classes I have taken yet in my college career. It has a lot to do with the history of Czech and the transformation from a Communist country into a democratic one and where women fit in, in both societies. Its exceptional and I love it! After class, [it doesn't end until 18:50] Chesky, Kate, Beeler, Nate, Erinn, and Sarah Jo tried to go to a vegetarian Indian place for dinner. Turns out it was closed so we kind of wandered around Old Town Square until we found our way to Bohemian Bagel. Sooo good! We got lots of delicious sandwiches and they had free refills and ice. We were in American style heaven! It was wonderful, though I'm disappointed to report there was no Diet Coke. One of life's greatest mysteries... After dinner we were going to go to the wine bar underneath one of the apartments but Erinn, Sarah Jo, Nate and I decided to go home. Well, that was the plan at least. Instead, we got a call from Orange. His parents are in town [until tonight] so we went over to their hotel room to have a few pivos and socialize. Their room was pretty awesome. They had a huge balcony [they were on the top floor] and consequently had an amazing night view of Prague. Pretty spectacular. It was kind of nice too because we got to hang out with a bunch of the guys who we don't really hang out with, including Alex, Coozy, Nick, and Sean. It was fun. And turns out Sean is hilarious!! It got kind of late and Sean, Erinn, Sarah and I decided to go home because we were kind of tired. We got down to the street and to the metro stop and then decided that maybe we weren't quite ready to go home. So we wandered around trying to find a bar that was still open but with no luck. So Sean went to McDonald's and got a Big Mac, which he regretted immediately after the last bite. A conversation ensued about how we can't let him do that anymore. Pretty silly. Then we tried to catch a night tram but got on the wrong one, following Sean's directions. Oops, but this was the best part of the night. Sarah pointed out that there was a bar open that we passed so Sean ran over to the button that alerts the driver that someone wants to get off. We [being the rest of us] weren't sure if we actually wanted to go out so when the tram finally stopped it was just Sean that went to the door. We were trying to decide what we were going to do when the doors all of a sudden shut on Sean. He was being smashed in between the doors when he wrenched them open, kind of like Superman, held them open, turned around, looked the tram driver in the eyes, and said in English, very sternly, "Don't close these yet!!" Needless to say we shortly followed him out of the tram, me almost completely incapacitated because of laughter. It was absolutely hilarious! So we finally made it to this bar and met this super freaky Czech guy who loved that we were from California and played us a song [on a jukebox] called California Uber Alles by the Dead Kennedys. And every time the song said California he would look over, raise his glass and shout "California." We were cracking up. Then we jammed to some Ace of Base and Spice Girls before leaving for home, finally. While waiting for the tram we ran into Coozy and Donnie and Alex and Orange were on the tram when it finally came. It was a really great night! Lots of fun!

Today I had class again. For my Reading Prague class we took a field trip up to the Vysehrad. It was my third time up there with a class but still very interesting. I really love that place! It’s probably my favorite place in Prague that I have been.

Anyways, thats it for now. A lot of people went to the club Mecca again tonight but I stayed in with Andy and Nathan. We're just hanging out tonight. It’s pretty rainy so I've just been reading and doing laundry!