Czech This Out

The One Where Spring Arrived

I THINK it is finally here! I hate to say that with any degree of certainty or I know will be proven wrong, but the signs are all there. We had an enormous early spring snowfall a few weeks, which sort of disabled the city/airport. Now it has all melted and it's been a week or so since the last snow. Then 2 days ago, I left Kava Kava Kava, walked out of their courtyard, and all I could hear was one bird. It was the most bizarre thing! It was louder than any of the traffic or street noise - just one songbird. The really odd part was that when I heard it, I looked around, and everyone on the street was stopped, staring up, trying to see this one bird. It was just a little blackbird high in a tree, but the whole street had paused to hear this songbird. Strange. Surreal. Mesmerizing. And yesterday, Nyla called my mobile phone and I stood outside talking to her for about an hour - without a coat. So that settles it - spring has arrived in Prague!
I guess the other sign of spring is that our team formation has begun. All of the returning ESI teachers and the new teachers back in the States filled out our official Questionaires this week. Soon we will all be exchanging those, contacting each other, silently judging (what!?!?), and deciding which people we can live with for a year! I can't wait to get stared, although it makes me realize that my time with my current teammates is limited! ;-(

Spring had already arrived in Budapest when we were there AGAIN last weekend. It's a great city and the weather was phenomenal! If I lived there, I would spend all of my free time in the baths! Thanks to Sam Keyes, we were well-fed, and I got to visit a huge culinary store with him, which made my day. Matt's generosity kept us from sleeping in the cold - again. Amazing! It was a great weekend and Sunday we left happy, if not totally well-rested. I highly recommend going there. AND it's a short 7 (ish) hour train ride from Prague! Two birds...

posted by Kassidee Kennedy @ 2:35 PM