Tour--Day 6

So we got up this morning and ate breakfast. They have lots of chocolate pastries and the eggs are good, so I was happy. So then we went out to this little town that was about an hour away called Kutna Hora (and we made fun of the name for a solid half hour... oh, we're mature). We went into an old silver mine which was kinda lame-o. But it didn't collapse, and we didn't die, so it was okay. Then Amalia, Avery, Jessica (Jud), and I went to the Cathedral which was amazingly gorgeous (I'm running out of words for beauty). The stained glass windows were okay, but the ceiling was gorgeous. It looked like flowers. Amalia and I then walked around town and ate lots and lots and lots and lots of ice cream (it's so hard to walk by an ice cream stand selling a scoop for 8 Kc (about 50 cents)). We went into this adorable toy store that had lots of little wooden toys. I got a wood pecker that goes down a metal tree and a rolling duck. The Czech Republic/Prague is known for woodworking and they are adorable, so it felt justifiable. We walked around and by 1:30 PM, every store that sold food that wasn't a full meal was closed. So I got a pizza at a little food stand (where I had earlier bought 2 ice cream cones... oops), which fed me for the afternoon. Amalia and I decided to try to speak French when we went into one of the stores and it was amazing how much more the lady respected us (when I told my mom this story, she was like, "well, everyone treated us lovelyly" and I responded, "well, you're also not a teenager. humph") so I think our experiment nicely showed that Europeans like French people more than they like Americans... well, duh. Anyways... so then we went back into Prague and toured the Estates Theatre, where Mozart premiered Don Giovanni. The theatre was absolutely beautiful and the tour guide is my favorite person ever. He was like a combination of my Grandpa and my bassoon teacher (the best of both, trust me). It was pretty crazy. He was really sweet and told us that he was old, so he wouldn't be able to see if we took pictures. So we did. He took us backstage and under the stage and then played piano for us (including the MOLDAU, which, though I am quite sick of, still brings great memories of YS). So then we went on a dinner cruise. The view from the river was really nice, but the food was only mediocre. However, it was great to be seated and outside and not in a bus all at the same time. I was annoyed because I wanted to wear my dress, but Jane told us not to bring them because of the whole silver mining thing. But I wish I had (like everyone else). but that's life. So then we went home and watched Spain beat Germany in the Euro Cup. We pitched it as GBYSO vs. MYWE. Unfortunately, MYWE won... grr.