Thursday, August 26, 2010

Oh jet lag, how I hate you.

I should be in bed already but jet lag has struck again. It has been a bear this time around and I am really tired of it. But I wanted to give you a little taste of the perfection that this day has brought, barring the aforementioned jet lag.

I had a late lunch with Tereza, who I met in Texarkana this past winter. She was an exchange student whose host mom happened to be an old friend of mine. She was so excited when she heard I was moving to Prague. Do you know how rare it is to meet a Czech who has been to Texas, needless to say Texarkana? I think Tereza and I have a special connection and I can't wait to spend more time with her.

After lunch, I met up with a former student. I haven't seen her since I left in 2006. She's in university now and we had a nice evening together. She went with me to look at a flat. Then we had dinner. We had a really good talk about things going on in her life and that was exciting. I'm so glad I can reconnect with former students.

Then, when I was walking to the flat from the tram stop, I came upon two hedgehogs! They were so cute, rooting around, sniffing for something. I hope they find what they were looking for. I watched them until I couldn't see them anymore. I love hedgehogs. This first week has been filled with a lot of my favorite things about the Czech Republic. I've only had really one frustrating moment, actually 40 minutes of frustration but it is so small in comparison to the great things that have been happening.

2 comments:

Beth said...

What a blessing to already have Czech friends to spend time with!

Jack and Cindy Ippel said...

Welcome to Central Europe! We hope your adjustment goes well. See you soon!