So I met my first peacock yesterday. Christina, Jen and I stumbled into a garden full of them! Just strutting around, acting like they own the place. Oh the wonders of Prague. I asked my professor today where we might have been and he said we found our way into the Senate gardens. That's right. The Senate keeps a flock of free range peacocks. In their own garden. The SENATE. Oh, Eastern Europe, how I love thee.
The last few days have been otherwise uneventful. I purchased the tickets for Krakow this weekend today, which was quite an interesting venture. Eleven of us will be venturing to Krakow tomorrow evening on the sleeper train (it's an 8.5 hour train ride straight from Prague to Krakow). We'll spend Friday touring Krakow and attempting to get around without knowing any Polish. Friday night we're staying in the "Good Bye Lenin-Let's Rock!" Hostel/Pub/Garden. Yup. NBD. Their front door has a picture of Lenin in peace glasses. Note: LENIN, not LENNON, who peace glasses would be appropriate on. Hilarious? I think so. Saturday morning we are going to Auschwitz-Birkineau Concentration and Death Camp. Though their website looks like it was designed by a 5th grader, the tour should prove to be interesting. I booked the tour for all of us through the official Auschwitz people, so hopefully the guide will be knowledgeable. Unfortunately, it is also one of our girls birthdays...As Billy Madison would say, "That's craptastic."
We're taking the sleeper train back to Prague on Saturday night and we'll get to Prague on Sunday morning around 6am (ew). I can only assume I will sleep through most of Sunday. I will upload pictures and blog all of our adventures in Poland when I get back!
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Emily
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Sounds like the next few days will be quite an adventure--I hope you got the early tour that you were hoping for. Not a way I'd want to spend my birthday, but it will certainly be memorable. Loved the peacock photos. An odd thing to find, but with a certain charm.... love you--mom
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