angel in a tutu

[threeplusfire]

When we walked into the house last night, Blaine greeted us and pointed the way towards refreshments. In the kitchen, Angel was bopping around in a pink ballerina outfit and a tiara. She was having an excellent birthday party. Alan lost the bet, because by 10:45 she was out in the yard demonstrating her sword moves to the crowd. Then a kung-fu demonstration. All in the tutu. A very fun time was had by all, and excellent snacks. Good caviar, snow peas, cake, guacamole, olives and more.

We had lots of fun, and she really liked her gift. Sometime soon we will watch Pirates of the Carribean on the big television and eat popcorn.

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Re: Brno tips and such

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

The comforter was actually supplied by the dorm! They are a little short, so you might want to bring an extra blanket along. Bring some slippers, or flip flops for wearing around the room. It cuts down on any dirt you might track in and they are good for the showers since there are not usually bathmats.

The showers don't have tubs, so you can't take a bath but you can get a nice shower. :)

As far as laundry goes, you can either take your clothes to a laundromat, which isn't very expensive, or spend a lot of time hand washing in the sink. (Which is what I did) Czech water & laundry detergent will sometimes do funny stuff to your socks or something random, but I had no problems. You can pick up stuff like woolite in Brno. (There's even a big Delvita near the dorms with most anything you could need food or soap wise.) The water in Brno was much better than the water in Prague actually.

Re: Brno tips and such

[calmingwhisper.livejournal.com]

What do you do about pencils and notebooks - campus bookstore? bring from USA?

calling home - how does that work?

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Re: Brno tips and such

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

I found a store not far from the big yellow school building where the student cafeteria is that sells paper and pencils and pens. I brought some of my own, just for comfort's sake. But you can easily pick stuff up at Tesco by the train station. Tesco is like the European version of Target.

Calling home is easy. You can buy cards to use in the phones for different amounts. The school gave me a list of codes for different countries, and I just popped the card into the machine and dialed. There were phones on every other floor of the dorm. I noticed the dorm you would be staying in has net access. Even if you don't have a laptop to take with you, there are internet cafes which are very cheap. (About a dollar an hour)