Prague Zoo

It was really great to get back to Prague. Prague has great things.
Like džirafe.

"Are you a plant? I am a giraffe."

There are also antelopes (antelopy), zebras, flamingos and peacocks.

House and antelopy.

Peacock on a roof!

Flamingo fight.

Also included in the trip are see-saws and the most terrifying lift EVER. It goes to the top of a hill/mountain thing, and the safety belt is an extremely loose chain. We all used the chain, even though it probably would have been useless. It made us feel better.

See-saws are fun. I got some serious air.

Prague zoo is great. If you're ever in Prague and have some time to kill, go for a trip!

Spring Break Leftovers

Oslo sculpture garden. Kick the babies!

Docks (and me posing next to a phone booth) in Oslo.

St. Stephen's in Riga.

Roller coaster in Stockholm.

View in Stockholm.

Spring Break: Stockholm

Unfortunately, we only had a day and a half in Stockholm. We went to the Vasa museum, which was awesome. The Vasa is a boat that sank on its first trip, and was recovered 300 years later. Now they're reconstructing parts of the ship so they can show it how it used to be. It's a huge boat and a great museum.

We also went to a Viking Museum. Vikings are awesome, so naturally, the museum was as well. You really can't go wrong with Vikings.

 Stockholm was beautiful and I wish I had had more time there.

Spring Break: Riga

Riga was adorable. It feels much smaller than Oslo, and has a more "town" feel to it. It's very pretty and has a lot of great museums. We visited the Museum of Communism in Riga and, wow! Every time you think it ends, there's at least two more rooms. It was really informative, but give yourself a good three hours there!
Riga is great for walking around- the buildings are lovely and St. Stephen's is beautiful- in my opinion, the exterior more than the interior, but art is subjective.

We went to the Museum of Design, which had some cool exhibitions on the rotating exhibition floor.
It was a nice city and I'd definitely recommend going if you ever get a chance.

Spring Break: Oslo

Spring Break occurred in three sections:
Oslo, Riga, Stockholm. Here goes!

Oslo
Oslo was lovely, but the one thing I really took away from Norway? Holy crap, it's expensive. At 5 NOK to 1 USD, it may sound great, but not when a bottle of water costs 30 NOK. Fortunately, museums are mostly free. We went to a lot of museums and they were really interesting. Oslo was a really cool city, but I won't be going back any time soon.
The Oslo Opera House is a fairly new structure. During the day you can go on the roof and get a beautiful view of Oslo. The Opera House itself is a very modern, yet beautiful building.

 View from the top of the Opera House

We also went to the Munch museum, which was a lot of fun. Munch is usually only known for The Scream, and it was great to see so much more of his work.

After the Munch museum, we went to the Intercultural Museum, which was really cool, but only in Norsk. There was a different section for every religion present in Norway. In the Jewish room I read a bit of the Amidah for my friend.

We also saw the ski jump in Oslo. There were a bunch of ropes and all three of us played on them like it was Project Adventure. Good times.

My famous red coat

Easter in Prague

The Czechs have a very interesting Easter tradition.
This tradition involves beating women with braided willow sticks. In return for the beating, men receive whiskey, eggs and sweets.
The men are supposed to recite a poem while they beat women, and since my friends found it, I haven't stopped hearing it. Seriously. It's almost the end of April (don't make me leave!) and my friends recited the poem yesterday.
The braided willow stick is called pomlazka and can be purchased most everywhere. This was excellent, as it allowed me the chance to purchase one to defend myself with. And defend I did. Everybody was evenly beaten by the end of the holiday. I may or may not have added a chair into the mix. Girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.

Well Hello There Blog

Fancy seeing you here.
So you may have noticed that it's been about a month since I last posted. That's because I'm a lazy lazy individual (For any potential employers who are stalking my social media accounts- this laziness only applies to personal endeavors. For you? 24/7 work week. Because I love you.).

So a quick rundown of the things I'll be discussing in the next few posts, which will all be posted today, probably:

1. Easter in Prague
2. Spring Break- Norway, Latvia, Sweden
3. Dance I've Seen
4. Anything Else That Comes to Mind