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Per request and because I've been planning this epic post for quite some time...I'm posting. Woohoo! Not too much has been happening out of the ordinary (other than the fact that I'M IN PRAGUE!), so I'm going to write about a few of the smaller differences between Prague and the States that really make things feel different.

1). People in Prague speak and write in Czech: Maybe the biggest difference between life Stateside and life in the Czech Republic is that everyone here (minus the half of the population that is foreign) speaks Czech. Yeah, that's right. They speak Czech in the Czech Republic. Meaning most things are written in Czech. Making some things fairly difficult...like making cake.



















2). Praguers are grumpy and nuts: See example below.































3). Toilet paper is multicolored!: To quote my Czech buddy..."You only have white!? How sad for you!" Also, the toilet is in a closet that is entirely disconnected and far away from the sink and shower. Sort of annoying, sort of cool.















4). The light switches are large and rectangular: This may seem like a small difference, but it's actually sort of disconcerting when it's 3AM and you're sleepy and wandering to the bathroom. Which is in a closet. And there's trippy neon toilet paper all over the place.


















5). Street signs are attached to the sides of buildings and are red and script-y: Yeah, that.














6). Students use graph paper: Very cool, instead of boring horizontal lines, Czech students enjoy lines that are BOTH horizontal AND vertical! And form teeny, tiny little blue boxes of joy. This encourages copious notes (the graph paper or the fact that sometimes teachers lecture for so long that notes are completely intregal to the staying awake process).














7). Military time is en vogue: It's not just for generals anymore! Everybody in Prague uses military time when writing or looking at the time. In conversation, however, usually Europeans use REGULAR time. A.ka. clock=17:00, speech="I'll see you at the cabaret at five".















8). Coke comes in WAY smaller containers: And isn't available for bulk purchase in aluminum can form. Huge problems for Kendra (my coke addict roommate) and I (I know I said I would stop drinking coke here. Didn't happen. Isn't ever going to happen, probably).

9). The little man on the crosswalk sign is different: Yep, different. Also, there aren't crosswalks at every corner, there are crosswalks on two of the four corners on every street. Reallllly annoying, because you have to wind down the street like a drunk giant OR cross illegally. Lame!


















To be continued!