Oh the irony...

So it turns out that the lobby of our hotel has free wireless internet. I'm not sure why the desk lady pointed to a plug in the wall when we asked if there was internet in the hotel, but whatever. It's just pretty hilarious that we trecked all over town on a wild goose chase for internet that was right under our noses. Score.

Next, our hotel room has turned into Underwear Town and I am the mayor. We have discovered the wonders of Tide sink packets and are doing laundry like mad women. We have a system of clothes lines set up that would qualify as a World Wonder. The first one was tied to the only decoration in our entirely white room, the half dead ficus tree. This reminded me of our Charlie Brown Christmas tree in the dorms sophomore year.

Yesterday, we went on a walking tour of Prague with a great tour guide. She pointed out things we would not have normally noticed, such as the fact that McDonald's, a casino, and the Communist Museum are located in the same building. We then signed up to go on a ghost tour with the same lady, since we liked her so much. That was not scary at all since the sun was still setting (it doesn't get dark until like 10:00), and her kids would run out in costumes dressed as the people in the stories she was telling us. It was a good time though because we knew when something was coming and there were a lot of unsuspecting people on the tour with us.

Today, we checked out the churches in the Old Town Square, which were breathtaking. Then we went to the Jewish Quarter to check out some of the old synagogues and the cemetary. The cemetary has thousands of grave stones, but they are all right up on each other. This was done because they kept running out of room so they added dirt to make a new level. Each time a new level was made, the tombstones were brought up to the top. We then went to the Charles Bridge and rubbed a statue for good luck. Now, we are getting ready to go to the Black Light Theater to see an absurd mime show, which I'm sure will be good. Tomorrow night, we're going to a marianette show, so basically we're going all out in Prague.

Also, the elevator I mentioned has an added surprise. Apparently it is meant for only 2 people, so our lives were in danger during the filming of that video. There was a sign on our floor (the 2nd floor) with a big 2 on it and some Czech words, so we figured it was a wordy way of saying 2nd floor. Then I noticed that same sign on the first floor. Sooo yeah I guess that means only 2 people on the tiny elevator at a time. Nice.

While walking somewhere today, a guy passed me and said, "You dropped something." I turn around look, see nothing, look back at him, and he goes, "my heart". We were cracking up. Ten minutes later, we see the same guy, he says, "You dropped something." So I say, "your heart, right?" and give him the two gun point and his friends crack up. Apparently he'd been using that line all day.

Finally, we all bought shirts that say, "Prague Czech me out!"