Hokej, etc.

Now that I’ve finally made it through describing the Central Europe trip, I can move on to other things that have happened in the meantime.

On Tuesday, October 30, CET took us all to an ice hockey game between HC Praha Slavia and HC Praha Sparta. They’re both part of the Czech national hockey league, and they’re both teams from Prague. I have no idea how Praguers go about choosing a team to support, but this happened to be a home game for Slavia, so I am now the proud owner of an HC Praha Slavia scarf and will follow them to the bitter end. Or at least until I go back to the US and stop caring about ice hockey.

The game was a lot of fun, and made me want to go see more pro sports once I’m at home. The crowd wasn’t super enthusiastic, save for the two ends of the arena, where the hardcore fans sat, but cheap beer and the fact that I was watching a Czech ice hockey game saved it all.

Halloween was pretty much a non-entity this year, because our entire program had our politics midterm the next day, and the events of the night before kind of put a damper on whatever fun might have been had. But on Thursday night the Veverkova apartment had a little party with sambuca (black) and blood orange juice and vodka (orange), as well as fake spiderwebs around the room. It’s always nice when big groups hang out here, because there are a bunch of people I don’t get to talk to on a regular basis.

The next day, Friday, was a total waste. Me and Anna ate mac & cheese, spent several hours in the internet café next to my apartment, and then played demos for stupid computer games we downloaded (Diner Dash = BEST EVER.) I had a nice dinner with Rachel and her two visiting friends, Susie and Megan. But then that night I finally got to see AMANDA! She came all the way from Madrid “to visit Brandon” but I think we all know just seeing Brandon isn’t worth that time and effort. The night was actually kind of disappointing, though, because we went to Akropolis, and it sucked. Akropolis is kind of dull in the first place, in my opinion, but that night it was packed and smoky. You could hardly get a beer, let alone dance.

The next morning I met Amanda and Brandon for brunch at Zanzibar, though, and it was tasty as always. Zanzibar has the best crepes – I always get them with maple syrup and whipped cream, and they never fail to satisfy. Brunch was very nice, but then I headed back to my apartment to get ready for what I will cover in my next post – DRESDEN!