Christmas in London



YAY for my warm scarf, candy canes, and Beyonce



 

impromptu NYE with Gerry and Ben

I was lucky enough to spend the holidays with cousins Ben and Gerry in London. I arrived early Christmas Eve and stayed (thanks to my missed flight...) until the first of January. It was a perfect mix of relaxation and sightseeing that was needed during my holiday break from school. I was able to spend time with family and tour more of London that I missed in October.

Highlights include meeting some of their friends, attempting a dance lesson, visiting the Wallace collection and Soane museum, and having a relaxing Christmas at their flat with good food, films, and company. Although Skype failed to work for our Christmas communication plans to the US, we managed some phone calls to family to wish everyone a happy holiday!

Now I'm back in Prague and have the harsh 'back-to-school' reality tomorrow morning..

wool weather

Sunday night seems like a good time for a new blog post!

Had a lovely weekend here in Prague. It started with Melissa and I going to see an afternoon showing of the new Harry Potter movie--in English--on Friday. Yes, it was fantastic. The ending was a bit akward since they are splitting the last book into 2 movies, but other than that it was good. Let's be honest, I'll probably go see it again with Matthew. Then we had dinner at our favorite local hole-in-the-wall restaurant with the BEST garlic soup. I'm not sure of the actual name of the restaurant, so we just call it 'garlic soup place'. Very appropriate.

On Saturday Melissa and I were extremely successful in our shopping endoevers. The weather reports say that we are getting our first round of winter weather this week, so my southern Belle friend insisted that we go find decent boots before we get snow/fall on the ice/freeze.. Surprisingly we both found what we were looking for while Matthew spent the day in an exam room taking the GRE. We celebrated with fellow TEFL friends last night, it was good to see them again.

This weekend the first Christmas market opened! We went and checked it out this afternoon-it was complete with a huge tree and nativity scene in the center of the rows of stands. You can find ornaments, wood toys, gingerbread cookies, honey/jam/lavender concoctions, scarves, and much more. The big market opens in Old Town Square next Saturday night with an official 6 pm lighting ceremony of the large Christmas tree! We are planning on having a TEFL Thanksgiving on Saturday afternoon then going to the tree lighting ceremony. Should be a very festive start to the holiday season!

I have procrastinated looking at lesson plans for the week by watching an episode of The Office, 'decorating' my white walls with pictures from the H&M holiday and Vogue magazines, and now blogging... so I must do some work now before the week begins. Hope everyone had a nice weekend, too! xox