Weeks Passing in Prague

We left off after Paris! The actual birthday celebration for it happened Monday night. After a nice long day of interning at Park Lane Primary school I got home and cleaned because we had people coming over! Monday night was the night I had everyone over for my birthday. Dani and Grace brought me a delicious piece of chocolate cake and a lavender smelling pillow for those times I get stressed. Rachel got me a bottle of French wine since we just did not have enough in France and also made me a nice birthday card. It was enjoyable and really chill. Everyone just brought over what they wanted to drink and we relaxed for a couple hours as our weeks began.
Tuesday night Grace, Grant, DJ, Rachel, and I all went to the symphony. It was so scary because it was meant to be held in a church. But we all imagined different churches. Fortunately, Rachel was able to make it to the right one and give us all directions so we made it just in time! We got to enjoy some beautiful pieces by Mozart and Bach. There were several soloists including a father and son duo which was super cute.
Thursday night I went to the Opera with UPCES to see The Two Widows. It was also a Smetana like the one from the previous week. But this one was much more modern. It was so interesting to compare to The Bartered Bride because they represented such different parts of society. The Two Widows was all about aristocracy whereas The Bartered Bride was about the farmers and peasantry. Both were incredibly amusing to watch and I really enjoyed them.
Friday I met up with Rachel after writing a paper all morning. She and I climbed up Vitkov Hill in Prague 3. We got to see the largest Equestrian Statue in the entire world. It really lived up to  it's name. The statue was absolutely massive. The views from up there were equally wonderful to see. There is a museum at the top about the history of the Czech Republic since the ending of the Austro-Hungarian empire. The coolest part as seeing an original copy of the Munich Agreement that Hitler had signed. We of course took the time to color in the children't entertainment area. We were the only ones in the whole museum so this was not a problem. Then we saw the tomb of the unknown soldier. Afterwards we walked across town to have dinner in Cafe Louvre where Einstein and Kafka and Capek used to go occasionally and ponder the world.
Saturday was a full day of work between readings and papers. It was a lot, but it was necessary to make time easier while the semester winds down. Sunday Rachel and I met up again and headed over to the Kafka museum. An author so famous for writing about and discussing Prague there just had to be a museum here for him. Because of his tortured life, it was really interesting to see because it really depicted the struggle that he was holding on the inside. Rather than just taking the reader through his life, we were brought through his readings and where he was when he wrote it. Needless to say by the time we left we needed to stop for some coffee and just process everything that we had seen in the museum.
Monday was another day of interning at school, but then Tuesday night tons of us all met up and went to see a band from Portland, Oregon, STRFKR, at the Meet Factory. They were so good. The lights were awesome and the venue was rather small so it we were able to get really close to them. My favorite song I think was their cover of Girls Just Want to Have Fun. Overall it was a solid week. This weekend the Christmas market is meant to open up in Old Town Square so I can not wait to go and see it!