ode to czech beer, the prague planetarium, and electricity

czech beer:

if american beer tasted even half as good as czech dark beer, i would definitely be a beer drinker... unfortunately (?) it's not nearly as quality and i live in the country with the lesser beer, so oh well. to summarize -- czech dark beer is the best ever. :)

the prague planetarium:

so when i went to see a program called "night sky" last night, i expected about what you'd see under that title in an american planetarium... 20-25 minutes of constellations that you can currently see... instead, for $4 ($2 for the show, $2 for the headphones taht gave us english translation), we got an hour long program that pointed out major constellations of all four seasons, with other information between each season (galaxies, planets, comets, etc., etc.), and THEN (one of the coolest things ever since i've never been to a planetarium show in the states that did this) -- they showed us the stars and major circumpolar constellations of the southern hemisphere...

we were all pretty impressed (sam, arjun, katja, and jitka all came with)... the exhibition hall of space displays before you get to see the show was pretty impressive too, although i'm sure even more impressive if i knew czech... to summarize... the prague planetarium rocks.

electricity:

you don't think much about it when you have it... you don't even think much about it when you're travelling b/c everything you bring with you is battery powered, but as of yesterday afternoon, the power in our room is halfway out... none of the light switches work, but all the power outlets do... this means it's pitch black in the bathroom, and instead of overhead lights, we need to use the plug in ones that came with the room... but the cord on mine is threadbare and it sparks when you plug it in, so that's no good either. while technically one can get ready in a pitch black bathroom, it's a little weird since i've been totally freaked out about looking at mirrors in the dark ever since i was told some really scary stories last halloween... i'm a wimp, yes. anyhow, hopefully by the time we return this afternoon, we'll have full power again... because light is nice. :P

other issues to resolve?
i didn't think about it since they just gave us $$ here, but my ATM pin is 6 digits and most european ATMs only take 4 digit pins... in hungary, to pay for my apartment i'm renting, this could be a problem... oi... so luckily my bank is prompt at having responsive customer service... i think if i call the number they gave me, i can make it a 4 digit pin and be all good again... we shall see. it would be hard to not have access to my $$ for the rest of the trip...

math talk in 5 minutes, pub tonight, math talk tomorrow AM, and then the REU is done... what a 2 weeks....

later dudes