Jo napot kivanok (hello) from Budapest~oh my what a crazy couple of days. THE TRAIN... Okay so it was our first kind of mishap. We get to the train station in Prague and we are waiting for the train which finally arrives and there is no one to explain what is what...so the doors are all locked and all the passengers are running from car to car and people are getting on the train and then this train door slams and Katie and I think oh my they are going to leave wi...

Okay...this is my last day in Prague. Yesterday we started by going to the "dancing house" or "fred and ginger" which was designed by Frank Gehry who designed the Guggenheim museum in Bilbo Spain. It is supposed to look like Ginger Rodgers and Fred Astair dancing. We also saw the astronomical clock seen above in the picture...its like the biggest coo coo clock in the world. It is actually pretty amazing. I have no idea how it works but its lik...

Ahoj~ Well it is around 11:30pm and I had a really great birthday. Thanks for all of the wonderful posts and well wishes! I felt loved all the way across the ocean. I feel better today. I just needed to sleep. I woke up to a cloudy sky with the prospect of rain. We went to the Prazsky Hrad (Prague castle) which is said to be the biggest, oldest castle in the world. There are steep steps all the way to the top and the grounds are very beautiful. This place is so b...

Dobryden~ Hello from the Czech Republic. I might pass out while I write this because I am so incredibly tired I can hardly see straight. It is currently 6:00 pm in Prague but I have had about 7 hours of sleep in the last two days and I am beyond exhausted. The plane flight over was cramped but I met a lovely pediatrician named Collin who was on his way to a conference in London. He is a professor and has written text books. Then I flew directly to Prague and met ...

I am so excited about our upcoming adventures. After 9 years in school with the daunting task of studying for boards looming ever nearer, I am traveling to Eastern Europe with my friend Katie (and of course our gnome travel companions Elbert and Ernie) to backpack and stay in hostels. We will be traveling for some of the time with Sean and some of the time with Haley. I can't wait to experience new cultures, languages, architecture and food. Please send lots of g...