The Week of the Bus Wreck

Well, this week has been busy to say the least. We had a team come from Florida and, for the first time, Matt and I were solely in charge of the group for the whole week. I'm pretty sure they will never come back, we walked them so much. We mainly used the group to research areas where students might hang out. The group also did some singing out at some of the areas where schools are (they're a singing group). All in all, it was a great week and we got to spend a lot of time with the students. We also got in our first wreck this week. A car ran an intersection and collided with the bus we were on (we just happened to be with the whole volunteer team). Luckily, the bus driver wasn't going very fast so the wreck was not so bad for us. It was definitely scary, though. Matt and I saw it happening, but couldn't do anything but hold on. The girl driving was okay but her car was not. We have still been in touch with our Czech friend, Zdenek, but we haven't been able to get together again. He has been busy with exams. Feel lucky if you went to college in America. The end of term exams last for a month here! Crazy! We will leave this Friday and be gone for about a week for our Annual General Meeting in Budapest, Hungary. Maybe I'll finally get to see where Matt spent his summer back in college. Hopefully, we'll be able to relax some. It'll be at a resort on a lake outside of Budapest. Not too shabby. Here's some photos from our week:



Examining our maps for the areas we were about to walk.



Riding the funicular down Petrin Hill. We walked all the way up!
From left to right: Darrell, Matt, and Aaron (one of our summer interns).



The tired tour guides..



The biggest picnic table. Ever. Maybe they had Paul Bunyan back in the day, too.



The bus after the accident.



And what's left of the car after the accident.



My attempt at photography again. Prague Castle by night from the banks of the Vltava river.