Prague.Praga.Praha.Prag

Ahh yes...Italian trains again. Then, even better, low cost airlines. I flew on Smart Wings...they delayed the flight 3 hours...then when we finally left, for some reason we didn't go to Prague, we went to Rome. Why, I still do not know. Then we went to Prague. We got there 6.5 hours late at 12:30am.

In the center of the city, on the biggest plaza, the city put up a huge screen where we watched many games, including the game in which Cezch lost. There were a few thousand people there and it was crazy.

This English fan had a few of the $1 monster beers.

The bridge at Ponte De Diavolo...

It is about 10 meters.

Amici!

At the Splashtival concert last week I met a bunch of kids who are artists and musicians, and remind me so much of our Raleigh crew. I didn't think there were kids like this here in Swissland. Here are some pics from my friend Michelle's concert and some of the kids I have been hanging out with.

This is Yari. His band is called Those Furious Flames. You can check out their sight at myspace.com/thosefuriousflames.

Michelle at work.

6-6-6

In lieu of the day of the devil, my friend and I went swimming in the lake at a place they call the "Devil's Point". I have not figured out why exactly it is called that, but the name goes back 800 years or so.

...And we got to see this mama swan with her babies...

Splashtival

There was a huge party in the city center's plaza last night called Splashtival. It was free, and I think a good portion of the population of the city came out for some part of it. The Blue Man Group played, then we were directed to go across the street the lake shore for a 35 min firework and laser show set to classical and dance music. Then we all went back to the plaza and danced well into the morning while three DJ's played.

Exams

My students have their exams next week, so we have been studying into the wee hours of the morning and getting delirious. The other night we had a grand game of Limbo and Flavio won.