Barack Obama won the nomination of the Democratic Party last night... hooray! Even the people who get money for reporting on this race were getting tired of it months ago. On to November! Speaking of November... I've been thinking about the big events I'm going to miss while I'm in Prague. The election-that's a big one-it'll be the first Presidential election since I turned 18. I'll also miss-on a slightly smaller scale - two Supreme Court justices coming to my college (link) - which would've been cool to see.
But I'm sure I'll keep up with exciting news when I'm in Prague. For example, big in the news in the past few months has been the agreement between the US and the Czech Republic to install US missiles in that country (link). This has upset peace people, and of course has upset Russia, and it's very interesting.
Hopefully I'll get internet at my house soon, so I can start posting some photos!
I am learning Czech through my iPod... here are some great words:
- Praha - means Prague
- Dobry den! - good day!
- Jak se mate? - how are you?
- Velmi dobre, dekuji (velmee dobjay, de-kooey) - very well, thank you
- ano - yes (I'm also told that they abbreviate this to just 'no'... how confusing is that?)
- ne - no
- cukr (pronounced like "zucker") - means "sugar"
- mysl (pronounced like "missle") - means "mind" - I like this one.
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