I've got a four day countdown until Robert gets here and I'm excited showing him around and! It's going to be a lot of fun taking him to a bar since he can't even do that in the states. I've been making a list of what we can do while he's here, but we don't have to follow it. I just don't want to be stuck with not knowing where to go.Sickness has passed by me a few times in the past week or so. There was a three-day migraine, then stomach/digestive problems and now a small cold. However, I'm pretty sure I'll be better when Robert gets here on Thursday.
The Easter market has started up as well. We took pictures on the steps there. It's mostly touristy stuff but it is still a good time. I'll have a video posted later :)
Anyways, there have been a few things going on since I last blogged. I have delved into Twitter head first and show no sign of returning. It's hard to explain, so I'll let this video do it for me, if you're interested.
I also participated in a women's march for International Women's Day on March 7. The day is actually on the eighth but that was a Saturday. I met the group of Czechs at the horse statue in Wencelelas Square in cold weather (I was in shorts because my roommates told me it was a warm day). There was a people dressed up: one as T.G.M., the first president of Czechoslovakia who was a feminist; his wife, a communist and a Nazi. Also, an eccentric man who lead most of the march wearing a white shirt and a red bra on the outside, much to some people's disappoint. Maybe it should be a Czech woman instead?As a symbolic move they do every year, they march to a building close to the square to protest. The building was originally used by the feminist movement before the occupation, and then the Nazis took it over. Once the march arrived at the place, a man dressed as a Nazi posted a notice in Czech stating it had been taken over.
After the Nazis left, the communists took over the building. So, another person dressed up, this time as a communist, posted another notice up stating it was communist property. The building
is actually now a theatre and the owner came out to say "ahoj" so I don't think it is meant in malice.The only reason I knew what was going on is because my gender studies professor was there. She's a British woman who has lived here for many years and translated the events for me. We went and had some tea and wine at the Lucerna Cafe and I warmed up a bit.
As for today, I went to Petrin Hill for a picnic with Kathy, Gabi and Krystal. We ate cheese, bread and fruit and drank wine. It was a good day and now we're watching Alvin and the Chipmunks and High School Musical 2. Don't ask, I really don't know why.
