January...

So we went to Krasne pole for new years - a small town of about 90,000 10 minutes outside Poruba, we had tons of Fun. The guys were all there (Jindra, Vítek, Adam, Michal) and met tons of new people. We all had tons of fun dancing, chatting and banging pots and pans at the stoke of 00:00 !! Woohoo!! Happy New Year One and ALL!!

So this month I moved to Host Family three- Adams Family, and have been spending bundles of time with him and Michal. Adams Family is really great and consists of mom, dad, adam, sister (10) and sister (26) who doesnt live at home.. they are all really laid back, really nice, serene, and quite natural. Its been fantastic!! The family sticks largely to a vegetarian diet, only really cooking any kind of meat for the main meal on weekends, which is super!!! Its been really nice to have vegetables again. Oh! and they have lots of milk and dairy!!! I have still yet to see a czech actually drink a glass of milk, but this family has cereal (!!!) which is def not the norm. All and all.. a super family and one that was very easy to adjust to. Content :)

Ive been going through books like a crazy! Its been great to catch up on my reading and have for sure taken advantage of the quiet moments to snatch a book and read a chapter or two. It has really been helping fill in the swiss cheese that is now my Vocabulary.. honestly I still speak a lot of English with my friends and family.. but its not first language english and Ive noticed myself fitting into my surrroundings a little too much. Friends have also recently discovered that I am in fact good at English and am a useful tool when it comes to helping them with their English class struggles :) Glad to be of service !!!

So there was a ball on the 24th.. a traditional, classic.... dancing..... ball. I, not being the classically trained dancer that they ALL are, was jsut a tad nervous about my skills.. So despite being sick for a week with jsut a little cold.. I had adam teach me the waltz. So that at least I had one dance under my belt.. It was actually great! Most of my friends were all there and I was able to meet a lot of Romans friends too. My dance skills won no prizes.. but after the first 2 hours of classical dances it turned into a disco anyway! Oh My Goodness!!! There was a raffel that the classes put together.. every clas had to donate an item for the big draw, and one of the classes submitted a rabbit. A LIVE RABBIT!!! Hopping around in its little cage :) This really petite girl (who bought a rediculous amount of tickets) ended up with the little thumper. She walked on up, in her cute dress and sky high heels, and claimed her prize! It was really funny! So besides the really sore feet and the theft of adam + michals coat from the coat check.... it was a fantastic evening!

OO This really was a good month of weekends.. The weekend after the ball, was an extended one and my friends and I made sure to take advantage of the extra day! Jarka, Hanka, Veronika, Vítek and I went to a local bands concert one night!! Really great, they did some classic rock covers and then a few of there own songs.. in english.. SUPER! I went out with Roman a few times, walking around town and watching this British show.. i dont know apparently its really popular over here.. it was really funny, not stupid run into a brick wall kind of funny but good wit was tossed around. (this is where I should write the name of this terribly witty english show.. but I cant remember.. I´ll look into it...) Then came sunday (feb 1st).. A mere 3 days before my 19th.. and i got sick.

.... to be continued....