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5/31/2019 0 Comments Last Bit of Time in the CzechMonday 5.13.19 Woke up and studied/ wrote my outline for my in class essay! Today is our last day of classes, WHAT THE HECK!? How did I get here already?!?!! We had Czech class first and we got our tests back, I got an 83% which isn’t great but I’m really bad at retaining other languages so I’m pretty okay with it! The three who got almost 100% (Lauren, Rachel, and Erica) got books to continue learning the language from Pavla Pavaklava! Then we all got buttons that said “I speak Czech! Yak se maś?” Then it was time for us to write our essays… I wrote about the refugees crisis and I don’t think I wrote it that well. We only had an hour and, yeah, oofta… not great. Then I headed back to the dorms, made some supper, packed, and worked on more homework! Then we played “True Czech” which was a game of reminiscing!! We had to answer questions about Czech language, history, and memories from our trip! Oh my gosh it was so fun!!! Tuesday 5.14.19 We got up and went to load the bus at 9. We were all kind of frustrated because we had no idea what the itinerary would be at all, we didn’t know when we we leaving yet alone where we were going… we knew nothing. Because of this we were all just throughinh random clothes in since we couldn’t look up the weather of the places! We got on the bus and I passed out! We showed up at a little town and saw a church and a castle there! We were all pretty tried and it was coming out as silliness there was a lot that was happening and everything was supper funny for no reason other than us being so tired! On of the girls thong broke as she was wearing it and there was a sticker on one of the guys’ back in the moment it was all really hilarious! There was a little theater and it was so pretty and it was one of six that is still standing from that time period in Europe (1 of 2 in the Czech Republic). Then we ate lunch, I got soup and schnitzel, yuuuuum! Back in the bus. Quick stop in a small village called Ležáky that was destroyed by the Nazis Because the citizens had been harboring the parachuters from mission Anthropoid. We got back in the bus and made our way to the town we would be staying in for the next couple nights! We were in a really nice hotel and I was roommates with Logan and Sarah. We had free time so Sarah and I relaxed for a bit until we went to go hang out with Seth. We only had the three of us and one deck of cards and we didn’t know what game to play for so we looked up how to play old maid. Played that for a hot second and then went to bed. Wednesday 5.15.19 Woke up for breakfast, oh my goodness so much food!!! We all ate and then got on the bus to head to a different section of town. We toured a church. There were some skulls of i think dead saints and one of them looked funny like a little pirate, ARRRRRRRG! Then we went to the bone church! Fun fact, 6,000 peoples bones were used in decorating of the bone church! Afterwards we went to yet another church. This one had really cool stain glass windows! Then I went to lunch with Cici, Alex Sara, Annalise, Lauren, Kirstin, Cody, and Sarah! I got an amazing spinach and cheese stuffed chicken breast with boiled potatoes and a side of garlic soup! Then we walked around the city for a while before we had to meet the rest of the group for our silver mine tour. It was actually really fun! We didn’t lick the walls this time but we did get fun white coats and hard hats with lights on them. There were a few areas that were a bit of a tight squeeze where I had to turn sideways or squat down to get through but it was fun to explore the caves! When we got out we were free to roam around. Sarah and I went back to the hotel and played cards with the Logan, Seth, and Julian for a while until we got hungry!! So Julian, Seth, Sarah, and I went out to a little Chinese place and got some grub! It was really yummy, Seth got the at chicken curry and wow was it tasty!! We headed back to the hotel and I just hung out and FaceTimed in the room while the others went to the bars! Thursday 5.16.19 We ate breakfast and got back on the bus. We took the bus to another town that was still renaissance looking. We walked around town a little bit and then Martin and Jan got stopped by the police in the middle of town. Apparently our bus was parked in a spot that It couldn’t be parked in so they worked it out and we went on our way. We walked through a park area and over to a lake where there were a ton of little baby duckies swimming around, so cute!!! Then we were released for lunch. Seth, Sarah, Lauren, Logan, Rachel, and I tried to go to a burger place but it was closed like closed, closed. Closed down closed so we moved on! We found a different place that had a peacock sitting on the roof so we thought that would be a good place to eat! We got in a there was a lady from Council Bluffs, yes, Nebraska! What the heck!!? Small world. She was having some trouble with her phone and noticed we were young and English speaking so she asked us for help and it turned out that she was from Nebraska too! We ordered and got our food and I got a fish. It what a whole fish with the head and everything. I couldn’t do it… I felt barbaric tearing into it and I ended up crying. I couldn’t eat it so I ate the potatoes instead. Seth and Lauren got similar dishes and they really liked the fish so I gave the meat to them. We left and met up with the rest of the group and we were next to an ice cream place so I got some gelato and we headed back onto the bus and made our way to our next destination. Which was the Budweiser Budvar Factory. Some fun facts that I learned was that 40,000 bottles created per hour, Hops grow about 20 cm a day, and that they reuse old glass bottles that have been shipped back to the factory. It was really cool seeing it all happen but there were hardly any people workers, there was just a lot of machines at work so it’s a bit unnerving to think that we don’t really need human workers that much anymore. After that Jan and Martin has their second encounter with the cops. We weren’t quite sure what was happening but Marketa told me that there was a Polish man who was lost and he couldn’t speak anything other than polish so Jan and Martin apparently could so they were translating from Polish to Czech for the officers. We went on our way to Česky Krumlov. Once we got there, we got checked into our hostel which was pretty small. Our group basically took up the entire thing so that was cool! I shared a room with Cici and Sarah and once we got our stuff all in the room, Sarah and I left to walk around the town for a bit. We went with Julian, Logan, Kira, Rachel, Erica and Kristina to look at some souvenir shops and explore! After a while we wanted to eat so we looked at prices and ended up eating at a spot by our hostel. It was some pretty yummy food but a bit expensive for all that it was! We went back to the hostel and ended up playing hearts until the late hours of the night with Julian, Seth, Logan, Sarah, Kira, Erica, Kira, and Rachel. It was a pretty good game even though I lost REALLY bad the first round. It was great to just sit and be with each other! Friday 5.17.19 First stop of the day was to the Krumlov Chateau which was a castle. We walked around and were learning stuff about the castle and then we came into the room of the queen I think she was, maybe princess anyway she was not a looker to say it lightly or maybe the artist just didn’t like her that much because her portrait was pretty sad not trying to be mean! There were some pretty cool rooms but there was this really pretty room off of a bigger room and it was filled with beautiful colors and an amazing light fixture! Oh it was so pretty! I wish I had a picture but we weren’t allowed to take pictures in the castle! The next room had a golden chariot that had a bunch of naked ladies on it. Me and the other art majors looked at it and then looked at each other because the breasts of the ladies were completely wrong. It looked like someone made a ball cut it in half and stuck it on the chest, they were really bad. After the tour was over, we were released for lunch. Seth, Sarah, and I went back to the hostel to make ourselves a little lunch and not have to pay as much for it. We stopped at the grocery store next door and got some ramen and other food and ate up! Then at 4 we met the rest of the group in the hostel and walked over to the rafting place which ended up being literally right next door. We split into groups of five and one group of six. I got to be with Julian, Sarah, Seth, and Lauren!! Great group of people, I couldn’t have asked for a better crew! We started off in last place (and Lauren in the front of the raft standing and singing Colors of the Wind) but made our way up close to the front. It got to a point where I had to pee pretty badly so we found a plot of land and pulled off. There was an old building type thing that I was able to go behind. Kira, Erica, Rachel,Kristina, and Logan came and ended up stopping in their raft and using "the restroom" too. Seth didn't realize Kira was behind the wall and ended up walking in on her, Sarah got spotted by some hikers while she was going. We stayed at that spot for a while and we danced, I tried to learn how to line dance- that didn't happen, chatted, and just had a grand ol time! After being there for a while, we decided to move on and head on down the river. Once we got a few minutes into our adventure, we saw a little stop with a campfire, dog, and it also had a bar. So we stopped as per the request of some of our group. I got some chips and a drink and we sat around the fire and chatted until we saw the rest of our group coming down the river too! WE waved them over, they stopped and we hung out at the campsite for a while! The man there offered us hotdogs and boy were they good! It really made me miss summer though and made me excited to go back and camp! We must have stayed there too long because our rafting company had called the guy and was going to come pick us up there. Our group did not want to do that so we got back on the rafts and made our way down the river! We got done and unfortunately, Erica lost her phone in the river. We took the vans back to our hostel and my body was so tired that I took a shower and just conked out while everyone else went to go eat. When I woke up it was about 10 pm. It seemed like no one was to be found until Seth, Sarah, Cici, Sara, ,and Kirstin came back. I chatted with them for a while and then went to bed. This was our last night together on our trip…. Kind of sad!! Saturday 5.18.19 Just a travel day, we made our way back to Olomouc and was there by 2pm! Awesome!! Sunday 5.19.19 Sarah and I started off the day by being productive with Lauren and Kirstin and we went to the laundry mat for the last time to do our laundry! It took waaaaaay longer than it should have. Annalise ended up coming to do her laundry as well so we just hung out waiting for our laundry to finish up. Lauren was working on her evaluation questions for the study abroad office and started crying because of one of her answers. We all kind of made fun of her for it but then we wanted to hear what she had written and we had to convince her a little bit before she finally said that she would. Of course Sarah, Annalise, and I started crying too but in our defense, Lauren was crying as she was reading the answer AND it was a very sweet and sentimental message. So there we were all standing/sitting in the laundry mat crying. Our laundry finally got done so we headed back to the dorms to hang dry them. Sara, Annalise, Kirstin, Lauren, Sarah, and I were going to go get Burgr for one of our last meals in Olomouc BUT yet again it was closed...this is the second time this has happened to Sarah and I. Lauren was really in the mood for a hamburger so she, Sarah, and I were going to walk to The Buns while Annalise, Sara, and Kirstin went to eat at the Vietnamese place. Lauren, Sarah, and I didn’t get very far before we gave up and went back to the Vietnamese place. We just figured The Buns would be closer as well and then we would have to walk back anyway. When we got inside the Vietnamese spot, we couldn’t find the other three anywhere soooo we just picked a spot, sat, and ordered. A few minutes later they stroll in and we were like “what the heck!? Where did you go?” They just had to go to the ATM, thankfully there was an extra spot at our table where Annalise sat and then a small table for two right next to our table where Kirstin and Sara sat! As always, the food was amazing!! While Sarah, Lauren, and I were paying the other three left. We thought they were just waiting somewhere in the lobby or outside the restaurant but when we got out there, they were no where to be found. We were all going to go to a coffee shop and work on our blogs and final paper but neither Lauren, Sarah, nor I spend a lot of time in coffee shops so we didn’t know where they were at and so we just walked around and found something that seemed cafe-ish but it was outside so we figured we should move since we needed to charge our computers. As we were discussing leaving we see Annalise walk by! Thank the good Lord above! She knew where the other two probably were and led us to the cafe they were at. On the way, we passed by The Buns where we were going to go eat earlier and, yep. It was closed. We got to the coffee shop and stayed there for about 5 hours just working on all of our homework. While we were there, there was a small rainstorm that passed by and oh my gosh! It smelled like Nebraska rain and I felt at home, it was so good. Sarah and Lauren left to go attend church at one of the Catholic Churches in town. I stayed at the coffee shop and worked on my paper until about 6:30/6:45 ish since they closed at 7 pm. By then we were all pretty hungry and decided to go get supper Sara, Annalise, Kirstin, and I went to a little spot that essentially look like a stone underground bomb shelter with wood benches and tables, it’s a pretty cool and cozy spot! I got fried cheese for the last time and we had some long conversations about a ton of stuff including Ouija boards, spirits, and beliefs in general. We must have been there for a long time because while we were siting there talking, Sarah and Lauren came walking in from church! They sat and talked to us for a bit but the four of us left and went back to the dorms shortly after they got there. I finished up my paper, packed, and hung out with people from my group before going to bed. It still hasn’t hit me that I’m leaving so soon! Monday 5.20.19
Holy cow! Last day in Olomouc!!! I got everything packed and ready for my last week in Europe! Annalise came up to “the 5th floor penthouse” to see Lauren. They were going to do some last minute shopping around Olomouc and since I didn’t have anything else to do and Sarah had left with some of the group to watch the last episode of Game of Thrones at the school, I asked if I could go with them! They said yes and after Lauren was finally ready, we headed out!! Our first stop was at a little coffee shop to meet up with Sara and Kirstin who were finishing up blogs and such. Kirstin was telling us (mainly Lauren) about their EXTREMELY QUICK flight change- 45 minutes. We weren’t quite sure if they would be able to make it or not but we were helping them strategize on how they possibly could make it. Annalise and I left and we going to meet up with Lauren after she was done talking with them! We first stopped at the restaurant we had the going away party at tonight because Annalise was the party planner and had to go in to preorder our appetizers. I helped pick out the food (kind of) and it was really difficult trying to communicate with the waitresses. We definitely had to use the translator app A LOT. We finally got the deed done and we headed to a lot of smaller shops around. Annalise has a bit of a list of things she needed/ wanted before she left and I just had one thing, I wanted a University Shirt. We went to H&M and she looked for an outfit for the party- thankfully she did find one! I don’t find anything that I liked unfortunately, but it was still fun to shop around! We went to the university store and I got my shirt and by this time we both had to go to the bathroom and Annalise was getting hungry so we stopped by our school building (the history department) to use the restrooms, get one last picture, and then we headed to Fancy Fries. I had already eaten but I couldn’t pass up Fancy Fries soooo I got a small thing of them with original sauce and melted cheese (YUMMMMM!) and then Annalise and I headed to the lower square to eat them by the fountain! We kept trying to get in contact with Lauren but weren’t able to and we were going to get some ice cream but didn’t end up doing it… last thing we did was look at a jewelry store that looked super cute when we saw it from the outside a few days ago. I went in and wasn’t going to buy anything but ended up with a ring! Oh well! I love it and it is now my Czech Republic/ Olomouc ring and will forever remind me of this place that became my home away from home for 3 months!! Before we headed back, I was going to try to get my nails done so Annalise headed to the tram stop and I went to the nail salon but unfortunately they didn’t have time to take me as a walk in so I walked out and saw people still at the tram stop so I RAN (about a block) to try to make the tram and I FREAKING DID IT!! WHOOT WHOOT!!! I saw Annalise was on the same tram so after a few stops, I moved up to where she was at and talked and rode the tram with her all The was to Neserden Crematorium (the dorms). I got back and got ready for the party with all the other girls in my flat! We all left for the last tram that would get us to the party by 6, when it started and on our way over we see Julian and Mel (his girl friend who came to visit him) walking up to the dorms. Julian apparently thought the party was at 8 not six… of course he would! Then we saw the tram was pulling out and we all had to start running to the tram just to make it! How fitting that that would happen! We finally make it to the restaurant and we started getting our appetizers. The first one was like toast with a meat concoction. It honestly looked like a can of dog food was opened and pooped onto the plate. We found out later by Momma T that it was indeed raw meat. I tried it and it was surprisingly really yummy!! We also had little sausages, pretzels, ribs, and garlic fries as appetizers. I got a cherry beer which was good and then I just kind of walked around the room talking with the different groups of people! After we had all paid, we went to the lower square to take some nice group pictures. The I went back to the dorms with Lex, Griffin, Sarah, Ria, Tiffany, Mary, Seth, Cody, and some of our exchange student friends. We hung out and talked and reminisced and listened to music for a few hours and then we took the tram as far as we could to 15 Minute which is a club in town. (The first one I went to in Olomouc at the very beginning and then now the last one I went to… I only went to it those two times..) As we were walking all in a group to 15 Minute, it hit me that this was our last time all as a group together and that I am actually going to miss these people a lot. I started crying and Annalise and Lauren were not having it… they were trying to shut me up and remind me that we still had time together blah blah blah but I was really sad and crying. I finally pulled myself together before we got to the club but when we got in and I got on the dance floor I looked at my wallet and noticed that my debit, credit, Drivers license, and Student ID cards were all gone. Awesome… so I went around asking people if they had seen them and no said that they had. Now I was crying for a different reason… Orhan saw me and was determined to help me find them. He walked with me as we retraced my steps and he was praying, I was praying. I was crying and he was trying to comfort me and we were asking people on the street if they had seen my cards and finally we found one so we kept going and then we found another and so we keep going and we find the last two! I was so freaking happy that I started to cry yet again… Orhan and I went back to the club and as people in my group left I was crying with them as we were saying our goodbyes. It was a rough night emotionally. I finally left with Sarah and a few others, we walked with Orhan and we stopped and we got Kebabs for the last time. Sarah and I spit one as we made our way to the bus stop. We took the bus as far as we could and then we had to walk the rest of the way to the dorms! We were a bigger group but we all kind of naturally spit into smaller groups of two instead. I waked with Ria and we talked until we got into the 5th floor penthouse. I got ready for bed and then Lauren came into Sarah’s and my room for the last time and she was sad so we were sad and more tears came until it was time to go to sleep. I’ve said it so many times on this trip but I was honestly blessed with the best group possible and it made this experience so much more amazing. There was no drama with in the group, we all got along, we all could intermix and hang out and have fun together and all in all I just got placed with amazing people. I am truly sad that our little Czech family is going to be spit up.
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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 |