Like a Little Prayer

Letní škola was composed of 180 people (all with varying reasons for studying Czech) and was basically four hours of czech classes each day except for Fridays and Sundays. The rest of the time was spent running around the city with a plucky group of Americans, English, and a token Scot. I don't think i can adequately write about my experiences at the lovely Letní škola, so i'll let pictures do it for me. (beware, barrage of pictures coming your way). Also, i must give credit to Katy, Julia, and Jacqui as i grabbed some of their pictures off of facebook. :) i must say, jacqui was relentless in her pursuit of documenting Letní škola- so much in fact that one of the first images of me shaking my fist was caught by her camera:



On with the story!


The group of us (sans the cameraperson- julia) at Club Alterna, the student pub. You could find us hanging out here roughly five days a week.

Cast of Characters:



Josh of Oxford fame



Peter, also from Oxford. One of the most amusing yet odd guys i've ever met.



exhibit A.



Andy, the patriotic Scot. He was always enumerating the famous figures of Scotland, including (according to him) Harry Potter.



Mike. An interesting, talkative guy. : ) who apparently was keen on eating me alive...



Julia, the sweetest girl from Brizzzel i've ever met. Here I'm warning her about the evils of goats.



Katy, a crazy and hilarious gal from my czech class.



Alicia, a girl so awesome that i married my brother off to her.



Jacqui, from UT as well. We celebrated her birthday (and several other's!) while we were in Brno.

And now there's not much of a narrative- just random pictures. ;]



Our first "night out" at the Letní škola. Julia, me, and Ana, who described herself as one of the only Slovenian goths.



Andy and Josh. Maybe josh was doing the robot?



I was making up my dance as i went along :)



Two cute pictures of Mike and Alicia






At the mall, about to see Superman se vraci (superman returns). can you tell we're excited?!



At a cafe, happily anticipating ice cream.



In the hostel in Prague...I yelled out pose! and away they went.





Andy and I in the pub...where else?





"Okay Jacqui...no more pictures, ok?" :)



Peter makes fun of the fact that i carried my alarm clock in my purse as i lacked a watch...he was justified in mocking me. ;p



At the closing ceremonies...Texans and a Scot.



Letní škola graduates!



Andy, Alicia, and I at the closing ceremony dinner. if you look in the background, you can see Katy carrying Tang- a drink that we survived on in the cafeteria for about a month.



Katy and I at the closing celebration.



Alicia, Andy, and I on the last night and back where we belong- Club Alterna.

It's cliche to say it, but it must be said: I made such good friends at the Summer School. They made Brno, a city that is rather drab on its own, one of the most interesting places I've been yet. When we had to exchange goodbyes, it was one of the hardest things i've ever had to do. One by one we left the pub and tried to stifle tears. It was strange at first because, after all, we only knew each other for a month. But over that month we spent so many good times together and got more attached than i think we realized. At one point i wondered if we were friends of circumstance- a bunch of English speakers banding together to take over a Czech town. But it wasn't the case- I was extremely fortunate to find people who were witty, amazing, and wildly entertaining. I would love to have these friends in any situation, any where, and i hope that we will be able to see each other soon. In fact, i know we will. As i told alicia on the last night, i love them all too much for it to be the last time to see them. So yay letní škola survivors, and see you soon. (that could be construed as a threat...but it's friendly, i promise.) :)

I close with the "dragon" of Brno- which was in reality just a crocodile....i wonder when they'll figure it out.