amaryllis111

It's already September. Someone told me today, a long time resident of Prague, that this is the best September in the past 15 years. It's been truly fantastic. Superb weather. You can feel the cool autumn wind coming, though, and mornings are dipping down into the single digits (celcuis) but still it's wonderful.

Summer in the Czech Republic is amazing. We had one of the longest winters ever this year, lucky me to be here for it. It really makes you appreciate summer. So far, this summer I've been to a spa town, went on a 2-day canoeing trip, a 4-day cycling trip in Czech Canada and to the Austrian border, and this weekend to a cottage in...
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I'm alive. Still in Prague. I've decided to stay another year, at least. Summer really makes the 8 month winter worth it. I went canoeing down the Vltava river last weekend. Since my last post, I've been to Krakow, Brussels, Frankfurt, Heidelburg, Basel, Salzburg, Berlin, Rome, and all over Greece (17 day holiday!) I may be forgetting a few places, I can't remember. Still too...
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I went to Oslo, Norway for the weekend. Quite like going to Las Vegas for the weekend when living in Portland. Went to the OyaOslo festival and saw great bands for days...sonic youth, franz ferdninand, and a bunch of norwegian bands. smoked a hella lotta hash, drank beer, and ate the best organic hamburgers of my life. back in Prague now, with familiar faces. reading...
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So I've officially been living in Prague for a month now. Had quite a nice birthday yesterday, thanks for all the comments! My certificate training is over and now I must start the job search...quite daunting since I haven't had a job interview in 5 years. I had one on Wednesday and got the job, but the salary they offered made me throw up in...
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I'm in Prague yo! Having breakfast at my fast new favorite bar..it's all about the free wi-fi. Such an adjustment from not having it at home. My flat is awesome and my roomate is very cool and never home. My teacher training is half over. I taught classes all this week. On a sad note, one of my cats, Bella, passed away. She got really...
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I'm done with work, I'm done with work! Got my final paychecks, turned in my badge, cleaned my cubicle (quite an undertaking!!) and said my goodbyes. Even brought in voodoo donuts for all the suckers I'm leaving behind
Now I must back my bags and leave on a jet plane. Less than a week. Oh, and I have yet another tattoo appointment today.

two more days of work. friday should be a sad one. the babes have been kenneling for about 3 hours and are doing so well.

my big going away party is tomorrow night. I'm very excited. got my new 7.1 megapixel digicam today. it's too complicated but oh so sweet. treating myself to a day at the spa tomorrow, ok well only a few hours, but it should be nice. tonight I need to catch up on some time with the girls. I can tell they've been feeling neglected, especially...
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wow. I leave the country in less than 20 days! I"m going to be an ex-pat. woohoo!!!

my friend and I were supposed to go out tonight, but I bagged because my belly hurt. Now after watching the last 3 episodes of Deadwood Season 1 (so good, btw) I feel fine. Grrr. So was the week old tofu that I used in my pad thai to blame, or was the peptol bismol to thank? hmmm

I was actually productive tonight. Got together a whole bunch of stuff that I'm going to mail surface post instead of take as luggage. It'll save me some dough and make me not look like a complete lunatic at the airport (tiny lady w/ 2 cat kennels and 5 pieces of huge luggage= lunatic) Why I didn't figure this out a few weeks ago is...
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