Day 32

Hello hello everyone! So today is Saturday and I have a busy day ahead of me.. I MOVE TODAY!!
(Its a few days late, I´ve been busy, and I thought better late than never to catch all of you up.. so we´re just pretending its Saturday..)

So first of all, the whole family ( family 1) slept in this morning after our late dinner out last night. It was great having such a relaxing start to the weekend!!! Then we all got ready and headed out for our traditional Czech Lunch, at their favorite little spot. Lunch started off with what loked to be a lovely soup, it smelt great and I was looking forward to spooming on in. Out of no where, my brother started making funny faces and gesturing that I shouldn´t eat it.. Dusan said that he was just being a goof, and to continue with lunch. Nervously I picked up my spoon and tasted my soup... It tasted just fine, pretty good actually so I was still quite confused as to why brother had done what he had earlier.. I kept eating and discovered a mystery object.. well objects at the bottom of my bowl.. I chose to wait till after I was finished to inquire as to what kind of soup it was exactly.. Great choice on my part. Turns out that the soup was Cow Stomach Soup and that is exactly what was in the bottom of the bowl..... I glad that I didn´t ask while I was eating it, or else I might not have finished it and in the end I´m glad that I´ve tried it. Its part of their culture and thats why I´m here. A memorable lunch for sure...

Afterwards we went home to collect my things and then we headed over to Viteks. I managed to pack all of my things (well all of the things that I am bringing for my two month stay) into ONE suitcase and my purse! I was quite proud of myself.

In my second home there is the father, mother, sister, and Vitek. I get a SISTER!!! Yeah! The mom is an accountant, the father works with the firemen.. he is the one who determines the cause of the fire, and my sister is 14 and therefore a student like Vitek and myself. Dad has pretty good English, and mom tries her hardest and is getting better every day! Since the sister is 14 her english is still quite limited, but she is attending a language school so is also learning french, which comes in handy when we don´t understand eachother.. Charades is always a fun last resort! :) Vitek is great! Its nice being able to live with a friend and their family.

After a little settling in, Vitek and I went out to a city council meeting to support Jindra who was there proposing some ideas. It was really boring, haha, but Jindra really appreciated us coming out! Afterwards we went over to the main street, there was a cycling race going on.. Both Jindra and Vitek are really into biking. The race was around the oval on main street... around and around and around.. Jindra said that the winner normally comes in at around 4 hours.. 4 HOURS of going around in a circle! I wouldn´t be able to do it.. despite the fact that I physically would be unable to make a bicycle go the speeds that they were going.. I don´t think I could manage the boredom of going in circles for that long.. Thats some kind of devotion to the sport! The three of us came back to Viteks and sat around chatting for a few hours before Jindra had to catch the bus.. it was great just being able to walk up stairs and go to bed!

Over all it was an excellent day! I am so happy in this new house, everyone is so friendly and smiley! Its great!

Well have great day!!
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