Back home- and home is Prague- and I love that!

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Wow, it's been awhile since I've been around here! The last few weeks have been madly busy, with working hard to graduate TEFL, actually graduating TEFL, and packing up to travel through Vienna and Budapest with 4 other girls this past week. It was nice to get out of the city for a few days and have some adventures! We stayed at a pretty nice hostel the first 3 nights in Budapest, walked all over, saw castles, did a free walking tour, took a day trip to Szentendre where we saw a marzipan museum, ate at some great cafes including the best dessert in Budapest, and explored the markets! We had 2 days in Vienna, where some girls graciously opened their apartment right in the city center for us to stay! Again, we hit all the major sights, another fabulous outdoor food market, and one of the largest flea markets I have ever seen! I got some neat old letters that I plan to make into some sort of collage, and bartered for some old sheet music with an artsy cover, but the lady wouldn't budge! I found her rather mean. It's a flea market!!! You come here to haggle. And I really wanted old sheet music from Vienna..... but alas. I will settle for my old letters. We returned late last night from our bus from Vienna, to home sweet Prague! How funny that returning "home" from a trip is actually returning to the greatest city of them all (so far!) I love Prague! Although it has its quirks, which I think I will save for another post. Now that life is more settled, I'm going to update this more often, just with thoughts on daily life in Prague, and whatever comes to mind. Some friends of mine are attending a swing dancing class tonight, which I unfortunately am going to have to miss since it begins earlier than I thought, and I didn't wear a skirt to the coffee shop.... but this is my lesson to stop wearing sweats. Even though it's laundry day. It's EUROPE!! People dress cute here. Alright, that's my life lesson for the day. Next plans of action: decorate my room on an unemployed budget, (ambiance is everything; how can I be productive without an inspired environment?!) and fixing said unemployed situation. Hopefully ASAP. Interview at a preschool on Thursday- I'm excited!! Until later... Nashledanou!