Last week was Thanksgiving and it was a little bizarre. Ya, my freshman year was spent with my Aunt and Uncle in Virginia, but at least I was with family. This year was...different to say the least.
Ever since I started at my new teaching company, I've been way happier! I've actually taken on swim lessons on the weekends with the kids of one of my English students. It's crazy what happens when you have connections. I'm finally in the swing of things and doing what I enjoy. On top of my 3* jobs, I also got hired as a waitress at an Irish pub near my house last week. It's right near Charles Bridge and 10 minutes walking from my house. If you know me at all, 10 min is nufffin'. The restaurant is really cool, the chef is American, so we get along. The place has a lot of regulars, everyone knows everyone and everyone is super friendly.
The Sunday before Thanksgiving was really fun. We had a "friendsgiving" with most of the people from the Drunken Monkey. A couple people made the turkey, which is pictured above. Then about 10 of us made the rest of the goodies. We brought it to the bar and had a giant feast. It was literally like Thanksgiving, but without real family and it wasn't on a Thursday. But hey, who's paying attention? Not me. It was amazing. It really felt like home and even though my real family wasn't there, these people have become my pseudo-family. After, I was in a food-coma and died. It was greaaaattttt.
That week, I started at my new job. I had training on Monday and started my real official day on Wednesday, by myself. I loved it. The thing was, I had to go to Bratislava on Wednesday night to file for my Visa. No one could come with me because of money issues, so I was allll by myself. It was kinda interesting going there alone, but no big deal. I took the bus to Bratislava and went straight to my hostel. I had an appointment at 10 am, on Thanksgiving, so I went to sleep pretty much. I went to the embassy in the morning and long story short, couldn't get in and I have to go back in a couple weeks. Whatever no biggy. Then I had about 5 hours to fill before my bus left back to Prague. I was pretty distressed about the whole thing and a guy was there doing his student visa and saw that I had a few issues. He was New York, so it was nice to speak to another American. We went to grab coffee and he heard me venting and what not. He was super nice and we decided that we might as well make the most of the day since our buses didn't leave until later. We then proceeded to walk all around Bratislava (basically) to the castle. Which, btw is, like, at the tallest point in the city, so that was a nice little hike. The view was beautiful though. You could see allllll of the city, it's really small anyway.
View from the Castle
I felt like the buildings were made for mini people, too. Everything seemed a bit smaller than usual. It was interesting. It was strange being in a SUPER foreign country, on Thanksgiving, by myself. Whatever, I made it work. The bus is only 4 hours (took 5 cuz of traffic) and I was back by 8pm. My restaurant was actually doing a Thanksgiving special and Poppy, Laura(one of my friends) and I went there to have Thanksgiving Part II thanks to my Ma! It was soooo good, 3 course meal with pumpkin pie. I was in heaven.
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Safe to say it was a pretty successful Thanksgiving.
Naturally, we went out after, which didn't last long due to he-who-shall-not-be-named. Love him anyway LAWLZ.
This week has been going pretty well, too. Hopefully my friend will do my hair tomorrow. FINALLY. It's a hot mess. God Palmer where are you. And I have swim lessons this weekend and a couple of my friends and i are going to the cinema on Sunday and I'm making dinner. Well those are the plans anyway. :)
'Till next time, when something else exciting happens. And in conclusion: be thankful for everything.
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