Settling Down in Prague

After being here for a few days we are finally starting to stop being the typical american tourist with our camera out all the time, and are starting to realize that this is home for the next four months.  Which truthfully, is just so beautiful and exciting to me!  I am loving the city and loving getting to explore and walk around!  

One of the most interesting things here is cooking for ourselves.  First off, the supermarkets are much smaller and much more crowded.  It is not uncommon to get pushed out of the way by a 90 year old woman when looking at the cheese.  It is also difficult to figure out what many things are here in the supermarket.  Because of this dilemma, my groceries consist of bread, peanut butter, jelly, cheese, grapes, and salami.  It will for sure be interesting cooking here.

Today was a very powerful day.  We went to the town of Terezen which was a Jewish Ghetto during World War II.  The man who gave us the tour of the place was our dorm mothers husband who's mother lived in the town and eventually died at the concentration/work camp just right outside of the city.  It was truly an experience that I will never forget.  We went through the camp and walked into many of the rooms in which the people slept in which was unbelieveable to think of so many people living in one area.  There were three sets of bunk beds stacked on top of each other which went across a room that was about 30 feet across or so and to each little section of the bunk bed, which was about 5 feet across, four people would sleep in that area and have one blanket to share.  We also walked down through the sort of hidden walkway which led to the execution site.  The most amazing thing was to hear our guide talk about his experiences during the war and how he ran away many times.  We are watching a movie on Monday called Fighter I believe which is about his life.

It is deffinetly time for a nap though after such a moving and exhausting day.  Much love and I will keep writing!