Socialite weekend

My second weekend in Prague was full of new experiences and I can't believe how lucky I am to be here. Since we don't have class on Fridays, the weekend started Thursday night at a dance club. Czech people will dance to anything apparently. They were playing songs from different musicals, like that Mama Mia movie. I have never seen that before. Even thought the music was different, I has a good time and I would even go again. When your in good company like I was, any setting can be fun.

Friday consisted of one mission: find something to wear to the Oxford and Cambridge Garden Party. This party was really high-class so I had to find some formal outfit since I didn't pack anything like that. I have never gotten the chance to attend an Oxford or Cambridge affair so I never imagined I would need to prepare for that. No worries though, I will never turn down an opportunity to go shopping in Prague. I bought the two skirts in the above pictures and wore shirts I already had.

One of our guest lecturer, Lukas Sedlacek, invited our group to this Garden Party since he was the one organizing the event. We were all really excited to meet some alumni and mingle with some important people. The party was at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, which happens to be one of the most expensive hotels in Prague. (first pic)

This party was very classy with its open bar and wonderful out door music. You could tell these people were prestigious guest of their respective schools. We even got a chance to talk to the key note speaker who is the director of alumni affairs at Cambridge. However, the highlight had to have been meeting the guys from Cambridge's Row Team. They eventually come over to where we were hanging out probably because we were a pretty large good-looking group of girls. They were all really polite and it was so effortless and fun to talk to them about where they were from and their school.

It was so refreshing to be at such a refined party. I could carry on a conversation with someone without yelling in their ear and I went home without smelling like cigarettes. I felt like such a European Socialite. I can definitely get used to this, so sign me up.

The next day my socialite weekend continued with reservations at the National Theatre to watch Othello. (second pic) Ballet was never part of my Mexican upbringing so this was also a new experience for me. My family's idea of recreational 'fun' is having a bar BBQ in the backyard with the radio on blast. That's our equivalent to "enjoying the arts." Watching the little girls with their grandma's was so cute and bizarre to me at the same time. Again, I felt out of place but super lucky to be there. I think I am officially a fan of the ballet, although it was kind of confusing. Without dialogue, it was hard to follow. If I didn't already know the plot of Othello, I don't think I would have understood at all. What never fails to disappoint me is the music, I love listening to classical.

As soon as the clock showed the end of the weekend at 12 a.m. it was back to "normal partying." We went to this bar/club Sunday night and I really missed the atmosphere of the garden party. We were dancing on broken glass amid a cloud of smoke, and avoiding all the creeps in the place. My life as a socialite was officially over. Darn.

No worries, I'll make it to the high class someday.........yeah right. This weekend flew by so I'm taking today pretty slow.

The only thing that seems to continually bother me is Juan. That sounded bad but what I mean is that I really miss him. I'm used to long distance but its hard to swallow the fact that I'm having an amazing time without him. Most of my most memorable moments include Juan, and it just don't seem fair that these don't. Other than that, I LOVE PRAGUE!!!