^^that’s me on a mountain!!

Hi, it’s Nicole again!! Today was a pretty relaxed day since we got back from the study tour yesterday, but it was still pretty fun. We started the day with classes about the agricultural policy in Europe and global water scarcity, all of which were very interesting. After class, two of the Czech students took Alaina and I to the mall so we could shop for the first time since we’ve been here and I got to visit the store with my last name – MANGO – and I even bought a dress there!

Tonight I will be staying in because we leave bright and early in the morning for our family stays with the Czech students. I’ll be heading to Pilsen with a couple other students where I’ll be able to do some hiking and possibly go horseback riding! I am so excited to visit a new place and to experience everyday life in Czech Republic.

Okay, I guess that’s it for now! Oh, and hi mom and dad, I’ll see you in a week 🙂

Hi guys!! This is Nikki Mango, coming at you from THE Czech Republic. It is currently 3:3o pm on Friday and I’m sitting outside on the balcony of our campus hotel trying to figure out a way to post about all the interesting things we’ve done here and the places we’ve seen, but that’s just not possible. In less than a week I’ve stood on the grounds of a castle with the most breathtaking views of the entire city of Prague, drank spring water from Karlovy Vary that supposedly has “magical” properties, and learned about Czech culture, something that I have never really come in contact with before. But, even though I’d love to write about everything that we’ve done in the past couple of days, I’m pretty much limited to just today.

So here it is. I’d like to say that today was as eventful as the rest of my first week here, but I regret to tell all of you that it was pretty normal. We had lectures until 3 and our lunch in between and now we’re back at the hotel where everyone is in their own rooms enjoying a much needed nap. I will say though that the lecture with the U.S Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Leslie Alexander, was fascinating. Here was a lecturer who has worked for several presidents such as Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon and lived in several countries and he was trying to help us to look at the world from a different point of view. It was so interesting to hear about his stories and what he has experienced because we’re all just getting started and have barely even seen the world outside of our own sheltered ways of life. I hope one day that my beliefs and opinions can be as knowledgable and based on personal experience as his are.

Well that’s it for now! Maybe my next post will be a little more exciting but I’m going to go take a nap now 🙂

Oh and here’s the best picture I’ve taken so far so enjoy!!