Well, here we are on Day 3 in Prague and the time is going so quickly. It is a scorcher today and while I write, students are on free time exploring the many sights and sounds of Prague. Today is a national holiday (for St. Cyril and St. Methodius) although you would never know it as tourism is in full swing here. This morning we had a group meeting and went over the journal students are keeping for the trip. We discussed the last days in Berlin and first impressions of Prague. We then talked briefly about the 1960s in Prague and went to the Museum of Communism, a one story museum dedicated to Czech history from 1900 to 1990. With lots of text, pictures, statues of Lenin and pictures of Stalin, a documentary dedicated to the so-called Velvet Revolutions, students were able to make their way through the many changes that happened in Prague's history through the 20th century in addition to looking at artifacts from the time. Here is a link to the museum if you are interested. Ironically, it was funded by an American businessman.
http://www.muzeumkomunismu.cz/articles/newsweek.htm
We then went to lunch at a noodle place (a sort of Pan-Asian restaurant), a type of restaurant that is gaining popularity throughout Europe and afterwards headed to Wenceslas Square where the Prague Spring of 1968 and the Velvet Revolution took place. Students then embarked on more touring of the city on their own and several made their way to the museum dedicated to Alfonso Mucha, the Czech Republic's famous Art Nouveau artist.
http://www.muchafoundation.org/about/mucha-museum
As we speak, they are on a hunt for a Czech food item that is meant to stump other classmates. We await the results of their great race with eagerness
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