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5/10/2019 0 Comments A Busy Last Week in OlomoucTuesday 5.7.19 We woke up and got ready to meet the rest of the group who wanted to go Paintballing. We met Momma T outside of our dorms and she walked us to the paintball place which was less than a 5 minute walk, i had no idea that it was so close to our dorms! The people who went with included Lauren, Kristina, Lex, Annalise, Alex, Rachel, Julian and Pops (who made up the red team) and Seth, Logan, Griffin, Cody, Sarah, Kira, and I (the yellow team). The paintball place had a guard dog named Jerry and he was so sweet! He just wanted scratches and to be pet and of course we all obliged! We got all geared up and split into the two teams and got prepared to dominate each other!! The first round I was doing so good! I had shot some people and got them out and I was in until the end until some people from the red team yelled at me from the side lines and told me that I had gotten hit on my gun and I was like ugh fine what ever so I reluctantly left the battle grounds. I thought that they had seen the splayer on the neck of my gun where someone had shot at me and it didn’t hit my gun but it did splatter some paint on it but there was also a big orange blob on the sock of the part that held the paintballs and that’s what they thought was where I had gotten hit but all of our paintball paint was yellow so that was old and I “got out” for no reason. I was TICKED!!! But whatever it’s fine. Sarah carried our team to the end and won the round for us! The yellow team dominated once again in the next round then the red team came back and terminated yellow- woof!! We played one more round outside before playing the inside corse and i think it was a tie? Then we did the indoor course… I shot two of the other team and then a few minutes Lex got me in the leg from a hole in the wall so I got out and OW that HURT!!! Honestly doing the indoor course made me think of all the servicemen and women who are sent into real life situation like that and I appreciate them so much more for doing that! I mean I was nervous to peek around corners and if I got shot it wouldn’t have real consequences, it really takes courage to do what they do and I cannot even imagine! We as a group didn’t like the indoor course as much as the outdoor one so we did about two more regular rounds outside which I did okay at but I kept running out of ammo so Sarah gave me some of her during the rounds and then I bought some more paintballs. Then we did a death round to get rid of our leftover paintballs so even when we got out we just had to go back to the colored flags at the beginning of our barricades and then we would be in again, we were only truly out when we ran out of paintballs. In total, my team DEFINITELY DOMINATED! We totally won most of the rounds making us the overall winners! We got our gear all cleaned and off , paid, and left. Some of us went back to the dorms but there were a handful of us that decided to go out to eat. Seth, Lauren, Sarah, and I went to Bistro, a local restaurant, with a few more people but they had a shortened lunch menu so they all left and the four of us stayed to eat. Lauren and I split a pizza that had ham, corn, and cheese and was delicious and a meat dish! After lunch we went back to the dorms to get our stuff for class and then headed to class! The rest of the day I spent working on homework and trying to get all my stuff on my todo list done! Wednesday 5.8.19 Today was National Holiday (Victory Day) so that means NO CLASS!! Whoop! I slept in and let myself wake up naturally which was absolutely awesome! Sarah and I started off the day by doing our laundry at the laundromat! While we were there, we met a girl who was doing to professional school over here! She asked us where we had eaten and oofta, she had a lot more places on her list and almost all of them were places that we haven’t even heard of so that was interesting… After we finished and hung it in our room to dry, we met up with Seth to go get lunch at Burgr. We took the tram downtown but unfortunately it was closed so we decided to go eat Vietnamese! I got a “salad” which had noodles, beef, veggies, and a peanut dressing and oh my goodness it is soooooo good!! Afterwards Sarah and I went to a coffee shop for few hours to work on homework while Seth went back to the dorms! After we got back to the dorms Sarah and I waited for some of the other girls to get back from dartying (day-partying) so that we could go watch the sunset at Holy Hill. I went to Holy hill with Seth, Lex, Orhan Sarah, and Cody. When we got there Kira, Kristina, Rachel, and Erica were already there waiting for the sunset as well! We sat up there for a little bit but i was cloudy and could so we just enjoyed the views and then went back to the bus stop. The next bus didn’t come for another 25 minutes so we just hung out chatting until it came! On the bus back into town there was a lady who we weren’t even sitting by nor interacting with. We got off at the same stop she did and she started to “yell” not at us directly, I don’t know how to explain it, it was almost like when a drunk girl is aggravated and starts going off but isn’t yelling and isn’t yelling at a person, more of just the world. A local told Orhan that she essentially said (in Czech) “F***ing Americans, speaking F***ing English, go back to your own F***ing country, why are you F***ing here.” We thought it was funny so we shrugged it off. We went back to the dorms to study more and we studied Czech language while we got ready to go out! It was our last Belmundo night/ clubbing night and it was the Erasmus Goodbye party! Ria, Lex, Tiff, Mary, Lauren, Kirstin, Erica, Rachel, Griffin, Annalise, Sara, Cici, Sarah, Orhan, Canadian Zach, and I went out and it was such a fun night!!! Erasmus handed out white t-shirts for friends to sign and, well, that turned into using the markers to sign peoples bodies… SARAH WAS TATTED! I only had a few marks but Sarah’s lower back, tummy, and upper back were full of words and pictures!! We stayed out until 3:30 and got taxis back to the dorms and went to sleep! Thursday 5.9.19 OH my GEE the Czech final was today! I Studied as soon as I got up! We went to class and during the first lecture, I studied Czech! Then we had Czech language class. The first half was review and then the second half was the test taking. During the review my confidence plummeted! I was feeling okay but then after going over the stuff I was not sure about what I did or did not know and that mixed with not knowing what would be on the test was making me nervous. It was finally time to take the test and I did it, I don’t know how well but I did it! I am pretty sure I missed at least 10 points but I just need a 70% to pass so we will see come Monday how I did! After class, I talked to some of the other people and I am pretty sure we were all kind of in the same boat on a lot of the sections of the test! I was just relieved that it was over and done, now all I have left test wise is my in class essay and my out of class essay paper! Sarah and I went to the post office after class so that she could send off a few postcards which stamps are ridiculously expensive! It was crazy! After she was done, we met up with Lauren and Annalise for super at local bar and restaurant for some more traditional Czech food! I got chicken schnitzel and Lauren gave me some of her boiled potatoes. It again was so good, I really love schnitzel, I am going to miss it! We had a reservation at Na Břehu Rhôny which is a tap your own wine bar in town so the four of us met up with Sara and Kirstin and sat, drank wine, ate creme brulee, and talked for a few hours! It was such a cool idea and awesome atmosphere! There were three cupboards one white, one pink, and one red corresponding to the type of wine that was in the cooler. Then the wine glass had two marks on it and you would write the number of the wine that you tried and the amount that your tried and tally it all up at the end and pay for it! It was very easy and fun and they worked on the honor system, I kind of wish there was one in Kearney or Omaha because it was such a nice system! Then we headed back to the dorms and relaxed a bit and hung out with Orhan and Seth for a hot second before going to bed. Friday 5.10.19
I did not want to get up but I did… finally. We got ready and headed to our last day of classes! There was only one class so we got out at 11:30 which was really nice!! Sarah and I headed back to the dorms. We got off the tram at the Globus stop and headed to Globus for the very last time. We got snacks for our weekend trip as well as candy/ chocolate to take home to family and friends. We left, headed back to the dorms, and I made us some buttered cheesy noodles for lunch! I got packed, marked some more things off my to do list, FaceTimed Isaac, and then Sarah and I took the tram to the train station. We took our train into Prague and we had about 2-3 hours of a lay over before we needed to be at plane station. So we went and found ourselves some Czech food because I really wanted some schnitzel and I have limited time to get traditional Czech schnitzel! It took a bit but we finally found a little place and I got my schnitzel!!! It was pretty good, not my absolute favorite one I’ve had, but still good! We then made our way back to the train station and found the bus that takes you from the train station to the plane station, got on it, and it took us where we needed to be! We had no complications getting through security except that Sarah got a red light when she went through the body scanner thing but all was good, they checked her and she wasn’t a threat! We got in and found our terminal, we sat there for a while and when we looked back we saw Cody, Julian, and Amelia (Julian’s girl friend) just sitting there so we went over to them and talked for a it until we had to get in line to board! Unfortunately Sarah and I were sat different places on the plane so we got separated once we sat down. We had our two hour flight and got into Barcelona at 12:20.
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About Lindsay WarningHello all, I am Lindsay Warning! I am currently a senior at the University of Nebraska at Kearney majoring in Art Education with a K-12 teaching endorsement. Originally, I am from Holdrege, Nebraska. I have a little brother, Wyatt, who is 8 years old, a little sister, Jordyn, who is 5 years old, three pups; Tatter, Murphy, and Bella as well as my parents, Tiffany and Justin Warning. In addition to my fam-bam, I have an amazing boyfriend, Isaac and his wonderful family. God has greatly blessed me with a great family and friends! In my free time I love to hang out with Isaac and my friends, create art, listen to music, and travel. Archives |