Hi Again from Prague

Hi all,

Welcome back to blog nation. This time I am on another family adventure to Prague, Austria, and Germany.

Stefan has termed this year the “graduation year” since Coni or shall I say Dr. Heinemann (Stefan’s middle son), Hayden, and I all graduated with various degrees. All of that makes this trip a celebration of sorts plus Gabe (Stefan’s oldest son) just finished his first year of grad school here in Prague. Unfortunately, Hayden is already on that work grind and Vali (Stefan’s youngest son) is a researcher smarty in Illinois this summer. Hence, the group consists of Mom, Stefan, me, Gabe, and Coni.

Travel aside, I graduated with my master’s degree last Friday and start a new job back in Montana on July 13th so this is my window to just exist without all those external obligations. I am very much looking forward to it.

I want to remind you all of my blog philosophy that I posted on my first Asia blog.

1.) This will most definitely be a continuous train of thought and not some beautifully written soliloquy.

2.) While grammar is important, I do not intend to grammar police my writing. If this bothers you bow out now.

3.) I am also going to prioritize being here and in the moment. If I fall off so be it… but I really enjoy writing in this cutie pink blog so I doubt that will happen.

SO if you’ve gotten this far… thank you for reading through the formalities. Let us begin.

DAY 1

Jet lag is 10/10 or is it even jet lag when you just stay up for 30 hours straight? Yeah none of us slept much on our planes 🙂 which makes for a fun group experience. Gabe thankfully met us at the Prague airport to guide us through public transportation to our Airbnb. Mom chose an accommodation that shares a wall with the renowned Charles Bridge which is apparently one of the main tourist attractions. Upon arriving we had to wait for the check-in guy who we couldn’t seem to get in touch with.

Basically our first afternoon consisted of sitting with a pile of bags against a wall, watching tourists pass by, AND I got shit on by a pigeon. Yep, it went in my hair, and when I reached up to be like what the hell was that, it smeared all over my hands. It was cute. There’s a first time for everything and I was glad to provide some much-needed laughter to everyone else in the group. See a hot picture below.

Can’t see it in the hair here but trust me it’s there

About 45 min after the incident the man showed up to let us in and I took a much needed shower.

We then had a lovely somewhat delirious evening. I got a chicken schnitzel and BEER which we will be drinking quite a lot of here. We also got to watch Gabe play 3×3 basketball with a local team he joined.

Mom, Stef, and I being little tired weenies left early and traversed down a hillside to get some much-needed sleep. The walk back was stunning, beautiful, amazing. The church bells were ringing and if you listened close enough you could hear singing voices echoing across the hills… I mean come on. I was out cold once my head hit the pillow and that is all I have to say about day 1.

DAY 2

Here is the living/dining room in our little place. It opens out onto a busy walking street and is right above a churro ice cream place so the smell of cinnamon wafts up through the open window. Heaven in a smell.

Mom in the windowsill. Everyone tried one of the Chimney Cakes (ice cream in a churro cone) while I was taking a nap today. According to Gabe these are a tourist trap item and not actually Czech. The internet backs him up. They are originally from Transylvania (present day Romania)…. Maybe? You can engage in a debate about the origins on Reddit in r/Prauge if interested.

View from window ft the final Throne of Glass book

AND IT’S MOM’S BIRTHDAY. I woke up before everyone else and scouted out goodies and coffee to surprise Mom first thing. When I came back the house was still quiet so I ventured out on a quiet walk on my own which was serene. Nice to be at a tourist attraction before the tourists.

Other than that we have been adopting a slow European pace of life today. Meandered to a coffee place, sat in the sun, and sipped on some cappuccinos. Moseyed to a grocery store because we have personal chef coni, and back to the house to read and blog.

After a lil nap, we rode the tram up to a beer garden at the top of an overlook, sipped, chatted, and walked back to our apartment. Super hard day. Now we await chef Coni’s pasta and a raspberry mascarpone type cake thing.