Czechs can really dance!

As you may already be guessing, the subject of this post is to applaud the Czech government for making ballroom dancing a mandatory subject of study in high school. Last night we went out for my friend Tomas' birthday party to Limonadavy Joe's. A band that he is friends with was playing Latin music and we had the best time. I don't think I knew I could dance before that because I never had a leader who knew what he was doing. And Saturday night we did a totally different kind of dancing at Lucerna, an 80's dance club. But it was still soooooo fun!

Oh, also today I had the Czech version of ramen noodles for lunch. Pretty tasty I must say... although it doesn't hold a candle to the real thing. I have been trying to save money by eating at home, but its not easy. We have seven people sharing a mini fridge, two burners, and a sink about the size of a bathroom sink. There is no oven and no microwave. But somehow it works out. There has been no squabbling about space, and I am really enjoying all of my flatmates.





And then I have some more pictures that Slava took from the hiking at Cesky Raj for your enjoyment. This first one is of the whole group who went on the hike at the very beginning while we were all still together.

Here I am doing some wimpy rock climbing. I need to get my arms stronger if I want to be able to climb well again.

This is an action shot jumping from one rock to another. It was actually pretty scary.

And the final pic... at the ruins at the end of the hike. Is it the beginning or the end?

Now I am off to check out another studio. We can go to as many as we want before we decide which one to take. So far there are no heavy favorites, but we shall see.