"The Choice May Have Been Mistaken, the Choosing was Not"

I haven't updated in a couple weeks now, which is unfortunate both because as time goes on, I remember less and less details about my adventures, and also because then everyone else misses out on hearing about them! I mean to update every week, but between trips and a bad internet connection in my dorm, I didn't make enough time for it two weeks ago.

Just pretend this entry is from March 1st :)

That week, I hosted my friends and my weekly potluck in my room. It was a particularly good spread:



The next night, we went to the ballet. We saw Romeo and Juliet at Narodni Divadlo, the National Theater. The tickets were only 30 crowns...less than two dollars! They were high up, which I didn't mind, but oddly enough the theater has really terrible sightlines, so our view was blocked by poles. The theater is gorgeous though:



That weekend, some friends and I went on an NYU-sponsored overnight trip to Cesky Krumlov, a small but beautiful town 3 hours away from Prague in the Czech countryside. Now, when I say NYU-sponsored, I mean that NYU put us on a bus there for free, paid for our one night in a hotel, gave us a tour of the castle, and paid for the one dinner we had there. We were still responsible for the two lunches we had there and any other sightseeing. Luckily, since Cesky Krumlov is so small, there was very little other sightseeing to do. The main town square is a lot smaller than Prague's:



The scenery was very beautiful, and to me that's what really made the town worth it:



On the second day, the sun even came out, which was fabulous! The castle was really funny, because it is presumably the main event of Cesky Krumlov, yet the exterior is completely painted on:



On our tour, we got to see a room on the inside of the castle, as well as the Baroque theater and 18th century costume repository. Overall, it was fun to go somewhere in the Czech Republic that wasn't Prague, just to see what it was like. However, the town was small so it was good we were only there a night, and the views/scenery were its main redeeming quality to me. That and the restaurant we ate in for lunch the first day, where the room was like a dungeon (complete with bear skin on the wall!), there were mounted weapons behind our heads, and the food was amazing.