"Hello communism, how are you today," my partner in crime, Alisha announces far into our trip on the Hogwarts Express. The train cars are freezing, then sweltering saunas and then unbearable not to mention the screeching sounds of the tracks which really just sound like nails on a chalkboard. They don't announce destinations or stops, so even eight ( Read more... )

Today, I went on a class excursion to Terezin. Terezin is the Jewish ghetto and concentration camp in the Czech Republic. The day began normal enough. Tedious bus rides-made tolerable by Atonement and some snacks I packed. Yes, I pack myself snacks. I'm not nicknamed Mother Goose for no reason ( Read more... )

He's cradling a bottle of Boris $2 dollar Vodka. She's tripping over herself on the for-once perfectly steady tram. Her over-straightened and horribly dyed blonde hair twin with the thick southern accent is screaming about this is being the stop. Another boy in the same group realizes minutes later that half of their friends got off-at the wrong ( Read more... )

DISCLAIMER: THE FOLLOWING MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR ADULTS. COLLEGE STUDENT HUMOR & GUIDANCE IS SUGGESTED ( Read more... )

"Jingle jangle, that's the set of coins spent on useless toys made for useless boys ( Read more... )

Undoubtedly a major plus in foreign communist countries is ( Read more... )

I'm in mourning ( Read more... )

I'm astounded and remarkably impressed by the amount of senior citizens here. Who are active. Walking (without aid), talking (and making sense), they are still kickin'. And proud of it. I'm not sure why-as our life expectancy is similar and the beer and sausages certainly aren't making them any healthier, but part of me thinks that because they are ( Read more... )

I love warm laundry fresh out of a dryer-especially in winter. The folding ehhh not so much. But either way, laundry is not a terrible thing to me (not to discount feminist principles-everyone should do their own ( Read more... )

Okay: so we all know the Czechs love their beer: Staropramen, Pilsner Urquelll, Krusovice, Budvar, Velkopopovicky Kozel, Velvet, Gambrinus, Bernard, Herold, Barnik***-and the list goes on ( Read more... )