Back To Prague

Wow, well I really don't know what to write right now. It is 2:00 in the morning and I am sitting in good old Hotel Angelis, across the street from the Staropramen brewery with the quietude of Prague around us again. This morning we woke up at 6:30 to see off Brandon and Nikki (our two new good friends from Chicago) off from the camp since they had to leave early to catch a flight. Since we were up before everyone else, we decided to walk about a kilometer up the road to an old monument sitting under a tree beside a field. It was a beautiful morning to be walking and the fields in the morning were fresh and extremely pleasant to be in. Breakfast was at 8:30, we packed with all the kids, and by 11:00 were on the bus back to Prague. We went out to dinner at a delicious restaurant with all 22 leaders who were left in town (at camp there were 14 American leaders and 10 Czech leaders). I had grilled chicken with mashed potatoes and spinach salad. Casey had a lamb burger. Jory had pork ribs. All were delicious. Afterwards we went out for some of the best gelatto we've yet encountered - funny story was, I was singing as we walked after dinner about how I was still kind of hungry and really wanted a grapefruit to Tyler and when we got to the gelatto shop there it was, grapefruit gelatto. After wandering for a while, Jory and InShil have spent the last few hours trying to burn DVDs full of pictures for various team members. It's an on-going process still.

English camp was amazing. I know you are all very impatient to hear all about it, but unfortunately it is late and the vast majority of the details will emerge when we get home, as we may not have internet access again until then. It was a really good time for all of us. I can say that for me personally (though I was sick for over half of it, which I eventually recovered from) the combination of beautiful scenery, kids that were energetic and intelligent, and fellow leaders who loved fun and discussing some hard aspects of life made this camp one of the most memorable I've been to. I feel like I'm not doing it justice the way I'm describing it. Oh well (for tonight).

Tomorrow we wake up early again to see off another wave of fellow leaders as they head to the airport to fly back to the Washington D.C. area. We'll meet our friend Molly and go to church with her, then ideally hook up with Petr and Eva from sport camp to play some frisbee! I'm really excited to see those two again. Then we're heading to our friend Nina's for dinner and who knows what other hijinks. Should be a full day on not a whole lot of gas in the tank.

Speaking for myself, I am so excited to come home. I've been having irresistible visions of Silverbow Farm, have started making lists of foods I want to eat, and can't wait for a great week with so many family members around when I return. It has been a long trip, and there is not one part that I regret. Soon I'll be on the plane for the next step in my never-ending quest to live my life.