Had Sisyphus Lived in Prague, He Wouldn't Have Had it so Bad (3rd Conditional).

Did you just make a greek mythology reference you asshole?  Yes, and I am sorry (that was wrong of me and I will be the first to admit it)- first and last I promise you.  I'm not nearly smart enough to use those (I actually had to google it to make sure I was thinking of the boulder guy and not the eaten-by-crows guy).  It must be the cafe.  In the cafe I'm sitting in now there is a gentlemen behind me describing each and every US Amendment in detail to a very uninterested woman.  Coffee culture is truly global.

I have officially obtained my TEFL certification and am taking the week off before I start working.  I've been spending most of my time climbing up and down hills.  One of the truths I've discovered about Prague is that if you walk up a hill, you will be rewarded with a spectacular view, (1st conditional) and as a lifetime midwesterner this is a novel and wonderful experience.  These hill excursions are made even better by the fact that the whole laissez-faire attitude of Europe in general (and the Czech Republic in particular) means that you can access really cool areas that would normally be blocked off in the US for obvious safety (read: litigious) reasons.

Best first date spot ever.  "I WILL bring a girl up here before I leave Prague," he hoped fervently...

How many drunk American college students would have plummeted to their deaths if this were in America.  Better yet, how much punitive damage compensation would have changed hands...

The weather is beautiful here.  I've been walking around all day in jeans and a t-shirt.  My sincerest condolences to those of you back home in Chicago.  I know you can't remember what warmth feels like and how pleasant the sun feels on your skin, but I promise you it will be there soon enough.  

I mean seriously... just.. what?  I don't.. even....

It's getting to the point that, like Pavlov's dogs, I start getting subconsciously excited whenever I'm walking and the elevation changes.  

Well, that's it for now.  I'm sure I'll have many more anecdotes when I start teaching next week.  Also coming soon:  a long-winded discussion of why Czech beer is the greatest beer in the world and what the US can (but won't) do to ever hope to compete.  Until then..

Na Zdraví!