I'm Baaaack!

Sorry for my absence, we were having some technology problems, but it's nice to be back on the web. I've posted pictures from my first experiences and there will be plenty more to come, Prague is a beautiful city, full of history and architecture unlike you'd find anywhere else.

If you didn't know, I'm taking a fiction writing workshop, where I'll be working on a short story I've written, and a beginners photography class. I've never considered myself a photographer, so it will be interesting to see how things work out.

My living arrangements are satisfactory. I have a room to myself and share a bathroom and kitchen with two very nice girls, Sarah and Carolyn. I think we're staying in the ugliest, least decorative building in the city, but it is a Communist-era structure, so I suppose it's to be expected. I have a bed and a desk and plenty of storage space, as well as opening windows so I can get some air (and all the better to hear the tram right outside). I'm hoping to invest in a fan very soon. I don't think the one I brought could take the voltage, it died on me.

I'll keep you posted on anything new and exciting going on, for now, the goal is to make it from the dorm to school to the grocery store and back without getting lost. Thank goodness I carry a map.

I love and miss everyone!

-Em

I'll just continue on here, since it makes more sense chronologically. Monday was my first day of class, it went pretty well. I really enjoy workshopping stories, even if I am the only one in the class who's apparently not writing a novel. I guess I'll get on that... My photography class will be really neat, the professor is a pretty famous Czech photographer, so he knows his stuff. I'm the only one with a 35mm camera, so I get to snap and develop in a hurry, but I think it'll be okay. I have readings on Tuesdays that are mandatory for me to get credit, so I'm busy most of the week, class on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, readings on Tuesday, and other tours and field trips here and there.

I'm still working on getting my sleep schedule re-arranged. We're 6 hours ahead here, so “bedtime” is really the middle of the afternoon as far as my brain is concerned. I imagine by the time I'm really used to it, it'll be time to go home. I'm meeting some very cool people, both faculty and students, and as I learn more about the city and how to navigate it, I'm liking it better all the time. It really is beautiful.

In case you're curious, let me know if you want a copy of the story I'm workshopping and I'll share it. I think I'm going to try to write another one while I'm here, but it hasn't happened just yet. I guess we'll wait and see.

Pictures up later!