Day 57

So its been a very but very long time since I´ve last written.. sorry for the hold up. I´ve been really busy, friends, family and czech life in general is pretty time consuming. Ill just touch on a few of the highlights of the past 2 weeks..

I´ve been hiking.. TWICE.. First time with my host dad and his fellow firefighters. It was tons of fun and, really tiring.. my legs and bottom were about to fall right off! The firefighters were really sweet, most didn´t know very much english but I tried to talk to everyone on the trip no matter the language barrier... it was a short little jaunt to the highest point in the Beskilí mountains.. the closest mountain range.. no biggie, (for my first major hike!!)...
My second was with Vitek and Jindra.We had a holiday from school one day so they decided to take me out and show me the "country " side... turned into the mountain side and became a 30km hike .. The weather took a turn for the worse once we started climbing to higher elevations.. and we started climbing in the snow. My first snow in Czech Republic :) !!

Czech Republic Day was yesterday so we were granted a lengthy weekend!! We didn´t have school this Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday! Fantastic!!

Went to a movie with Vanessa, a girl who is close by here on exchange from London, Ontario, Vicky Chritina Barcelona.. it was great! super cute flick! I´ve been spending a bit more time with her since we´ve now realised how close we are and the more we realise that it helps to have a friend who knows what your going through and is going through the same themselves.. Its been a great help to have her around.

A group of us went for a day out together recently. It was a fun filled day of Ice skating, bowling, tea drinking :) It was absolutely rediculous trying my feet at skating again.. its been a while and took some getting used to the feeling again. (shout out to you Beans!! I still have the scars on my ankles. lol!!! ). The tea was really but truely fantastic and since only 2 of the 8 people that I was with all day spoke English, it was a very Czech day as well.

After realising how much time that I spend with my host brother Vitek, I made some plans with my host sister Elíška.. We went out shopping one afternoon with her and her friends, we didn´t buy anything but it was tons of fun and good bonding time. We ended the day with a trip to the tea shop and all sat around sitting on our cushions drinking great teas and talking in French.. My host sisters english isn´t very good and either is her friends, so since my czech isn´t very established the next best language was french, which thankfully they all were able to communicate in. Who knew french immersion would actually come in handy!

I still really love my family here and am really enjoying the experience! Thank you everyone back home for all of your help and support.

Love you all and Ill try to keep you updated a little more regularly..
Have a fantastic day!!

Ahoj,
Anička.