Not quite. But it feels like it.
I've missed writing about my experience staying up until 5am watching the election with a group of politically interested Czechs and obnoxious American students (NOT the ones on my program, thankfully), my experience going to a Czech filmmaker's studio, my wonderful weekend with Dana and Katie in Prague, my first experiences with the night bus system and all sorts of tidbits of my Czech experience.
I've missed writing about these because I've been studying for finals (which are finally done!) and have been working on my Independent Study. I will be living in South Bohemia for about 3 weeks observing traditional craftsmen at work and participating in some of the projects as time allows. The main projects are a weaving factory and a blacksmith shop. There are some other projects as well that I know less about that I will also be researching. The whole pre-trip experience was strange because I have very little background knowledge specific to the Czech Republic because, well, most of the sources are only in Czech. And as you can tell from my last entry, my Czech can only say so much.
Given any three adjectives to describe myself, spontaneous would not make the list. Not at top 5, nor top 10. And yet that is exactly what this project is asking me to do. I don't know the people I am staying with. I don't know much background. I don't know where I will be on most of the days in the field. I have no idea what I will be doing. I don't know if I will have internet access. I don't know what foods I will be able to eat.
What I do know is that this experience is going to be completely different from what I've experienced so far and from what most people will have access to if they visit the Czech Republic. I'd love to promise updates from the field, but I don't want to make promises I can't keep.
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