First Impression

I will admit that I was a little bit nervous leading up to the trip. I had never flown before or traveled outside North America. However, I soon realized how easy flying is and that eased my main concern. Other than getting over my initial fear of flying, my trip to Prague went fairly smooth. Thing started to get much more interesting after we arrived in Prague. For the rest of this post I will give my first impressions in a quick bullet format, rather than trying to organize a long drawn out post.

• My very first impression of Prague was somewhat disappointing. This is primarily due to the fact that I was very tired and that we were not driving through the best part of town. The building were not very old and many were very rundown. However, Prague would not disappoint on our second journey to the city.
• I fell asleep as we left Prague and then woke up later as we drove through the Czech countryside. When I woke up I thought I was in Nebraska, or at least eastern Nebraska. It was flat with a few clumps of trees and lots of deer. There was also lots of farmland and small villages. Most of the land looked like it was either planted to wheat or fallow.
• Olomouc, the city I am living in, reminds me of Kearney in a way. It is not too small, or too big. It may be a smaller city, but it is the home of a large university so it is pretty lively during the day and night.
• Last but not least, here comes my beer review. I had heard that Czech beer was far better than American beer, but I was slightly skeptical. They weren't lying. I've been here for 2 and a half weeks and there has been just 2 days were I didn't have a glass of beer.