An Interesting Day…

 

Well, like the title says, today turned out to be a little more interesting that I thought it would be. Whether for good or for bad, there were a lot of surprises in store for me, more than I’m used to on a Wednesday.

After grabbing breakfast and hopping on the tram to work, I noticed some guy that was wearing a baseball cap with some fraternity letters on it, more specifically, Kappa Sigma’s letters.  I’d always heard stories about finding fraternity brothers in the most random places, but this one is probably the oddest one yet.  Turns out he was here in Prague finishing out the credits he needed to graduate and doing a little sight-seeing while he’s at it…which, along with the public service project, is technically sort of what I’m doing, I guess…

At work, I decided that it was time for Flat Stanley to get some more camera time since he hadn’t been seen in a while (plus the fact that I actually remembered that I had him with me was a big help), so he accompanied us to the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs for lunch today.  Unfortunately for me, I couldn’t remember where the casual-dress version was, so the guy was the best-dressed out of all of us today…

And along with all of that, I’ve got more pictures to prove it.  I think this weekend I’m going to actually start traveling around; probably still within the city’s public transportation limits, but that’s really good enough for me.  With my personality type I’m just as comfortable reading in a bookstore/cafe all day, but I think my parents would be slightly perturbed if I didn’t bring back lots of touristy pictures…

And so begins the “Flat Stanley hits Prague” storyline…

Today’s entry: “Flat Stanley goes to lunch…at the MFA”

 

Just in sight of the Ministry

Just outside the Ministry; Flat’s just happy to be here!

Still happy, even WITH the metal detectors and security…

Posing with some Ministry officials…unbeknownst to them…

Arriving to get our daily lunch cards from the “lunch-lady”…oh, silly bureaucracy…

And he finally makes it into the cafeteria!

Flat’s lunch: noodle soup, salmon topped with cheese and tomatoes, french fries, and watermelon slices for desert. Good stuff.

The church next door to the Ministry

Flat Stanley meets Eduard Benes, who had the worst luck of any president EVER.

On his left, the pathway towards Prague Castle. On the right, Nerudova Street leading back to work.

…somehow I think I’ve seen that flag before…

Belize…now I know there’s something going on there…

I got some unusual stares from the embassy staff for this, but it was worth it.

EDIT: Oh yeah, I also found an interesting building on the way from work today: the embassy for Belize.  So a shout-out to my classmates working for Peacework over in Central America.