i wish i had a tape recorder in my head

my blogs, my journal, AND my poetry would all be way more perceptive if i did.

thank GOD for the brown tourist signs. even though i can't read the czech words on them, there are small pictures as well. and they point me in all the right directions: to the metro, charles bridge, old town square, the jewish ghetto, little quarter, wenceslas square, prague castle... i got lost again today. but just when i thought i was lost, i turned my head to the left and realized i knew exactly where i was. (a block away from TESCO, the department store. if you ask anyone here where to get anything, they tell you TESCO. think of it as a 7 story k-mart.) i wasn't lost at all. as soon as i discovered this, i took the next little street to the right, and took a few more random turns. how strange that my new comfortablity in this city is so.... uncomfortable. i enjoyed getting lost everyday. it resulted in new discoveries. at this point, i think getting lost would have to be an effort. like, i'd have to get off at some random metro station and wander from there (but some of those areas are a little shady). i guess i should just enjoy the fact that i sort of fit in.

on another note, it's wednesday night and i have plans to go out. meeting in the lobby at 8 (early for the pubs, i know, but we have one friend who's ditching out on us early b/c she flies out for a long weekend tomorrow). wednesday night, how appropriate. feels just like home. except instead of going to places like new holland brewery and the dirty bird.... i'm in prague. ahh czech beer. :)