Prague!! After a long and restless journey I am here (and safe - mom) British airways was wonderful. Free socks, eye pillows, toothbrush and toothpaste, headphones, and a pink pillow with blanket! What more could a girl ask for?. . Hmm perhaps an adorable airplane size bottle of red wine? DONE! Served chilled with dinner. Naturally (in the perfection of the situation,) my fumbling body couldn’t resist testing the boundaries of my new found ease and relaxation, so it promptly spilled my cup of red wine on my new suede boots. Apparently clumsiness travels with you overseas. But, as if British Airways had know me all my life, a refreshing towelette was awaiting me on my tray to mend the situation. . .Sigh. Airplane bliss.
After landing in London, I was surprised to be thrust onto a shuttle immediately upon exiting the plane. 15 minutes and several bumpy roads later and I arrived at the real airport?? Anyways pretty smooth flight to Prague. We ran into some more NC Staters there and all shared a rather treacherous shuttle to the hotel. We received our ID’s, metro passes and room keys. A nap came shorty after, followed by more arrivals, a trip on the very speedy metro, (and its very steep escalator) dinner and beer at a restaurant called rustika, and a jaunt to the local grocery store for cheap beer sampling. Beer sampling and card games followed. A very good first day and now I am exhausted. Orientation tomorrow at 9:30 am.

-Lauren