Hi friends! As you may or may not have known, I've recently been double abroad. My girlfriend and I spent a week with our dear friend Brenden in Norway, and then another week with Norma Hervey, previous Nottingham program assistant and retired Luther Professor, in Prague.
I think I took too many pictures. Whatever. Don't judge me.
Without further ado, here's beautiful Bø, Norway and the Telemark region!
Brenden's dorm is surrounded by Mountains. Lucky duck.
More mountains...
Norway: where snow is more common than sunlight.
Can you tell I like mountains?
A shot of the dorms
Girlfriend being silly
Us on our hike!
On our way to the grocery store...
...where everything costs x5 the dollar
And here's the doom hill back to the dorms.
It was quite a relaxing week. We didn't do much aside from hanging out and walking around. But hey, it's a college town, so what else do you do? (Unlike at Luther, there wasn't really a Walmart to frequent in the early hours of the morning...) It was nice, though. Afterwards we said goodbye to Brenden, who had been thoroughly distracted from his studies while we visited.
So yeah! Next we hit up Prague, home of the original stag party. Hahahahahahahahahahaha no but seriously, there were quite a lot of tourists. I was a tourist and I was tired of the tourists. I mean, frick. But crowd craziness aside, we had a splendid time exploring the [cheap] elegance that is Prague.
First photo in Prague: Cannabis liquor. Why wouldn't it exist?
Shot of the market in Old Town Square
More town square...
The astronomical clock in Old Town Square
The clock tower itself
Views from clock tower/above Prague!
Lookit those rooftops
Cathedral and surrounding buildings
The actual Old Town Square
Yay panoramic!
Castle in the distance...
One roof two roof green roof red roof
Oh hey, girlfriend
Aww
Gelato! There was quite an Italian influence here...
Nummy? Yes, yes it was.
On the way to Karlův Most (Charles Bridge)
Entrance to Charles Bridge
On the tourist-I mean Charles Bridge
Statues on the bridge
Views from the bridge
Vyšehrad cathedral
Entrance to Vyšehrad cemetery
Vyšehrad cemetery
Dvorák's grave!
From afar...
A look that way...
...and a look this way
A view from the top of Vyšehrad
On the way to Pražský hrad (Prague Castle)
Prague streets
*steep* stairs to Prague Castle
Girlfriend chillin' on the stairs
Panoramic of rooftops and Petřín Hill
I call this one: "Lamppost and Gardens"
I just thought he was nifty.
Entrance to Prague Castle (complete with menacing statues)
Castle from afar
Petřín Hill gardens. SO beautiful.
More of Petřín Hill
Oh yeah, we found the American Embassy!
Bridge and Vltava river at sunset
Boats!
Pedestrian non-tourist bridge and graffiti
Concert hall where we saw the Czech Philharmonic!
So sexy.
Yep, Prague was pretty awesome. We saw a ballet, Cinderella/Popelka, which proved to be quite neeto. We tried Czech wine. We enjoyed the 16.5:1 exchange rate. We explored this city until we were tired, and then we explored some more. When it was time we departed, though not without difficulty and teary goodbyes.
Overall we had an amazing (almost surreal) two weeks, and I definitely feel more worldly. Currently I am back in Nottingham, working, reading, and psychologically/emotionally/spiritually/grammatically preparing myself for finals in the next few weeks. Don't worry, I'll be updating again before long; I don't leave until May 23rd.
THERE'S STILL TIME, DANGIT.
Yours,
