Kuntá Hora Part 1: Kostnice Ossuary

If you saw my Instagram post a few days ago, you may have been one of the few people creeped out by my picture of a crest made of human bones.

So one of my awesome new friends, Amanda (who happens to have started a blog just for her study abroad adventures - she's adorable, go check her out!), has a friend who lives right here in Prague! Her friend was kind enough to show us around one of the lesser known cities of the Czech Republic, and boy did we see a lot!

This is the first of a series of three posts - it may have only been a day trip but I didn't want to overload y'all with all of my pictures!

First up, was the Kostnice Ossuary, a church filled with ornaments and structures constructed of human bones. I know what you may be wondering: "What in the world was she thinking?!" Well, to be honest, I was actually grossed out a bit (I may be a doctor's daughter, but I am studying business, after all!) and jumped in because it's a historical site and I had promised myself that I wouldn't miss anything.

Anyways, here are some pictures from my visit to the City of Bones (any TMI/Shadowhunter fans out there catch my Instagram reference?)!

This trip has been filled with so many new experiences, but I promise I'm getting my schoolwork done - I am studying abroad, after all! I better get back to reviewing my notes for a potential pop quiz! And don't forget to check out Amanda's blog!

xx

Catch you next time.

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Throwback Thursday?

Exactly one year ago from this very moment, I was rushing over to the event center after having my hair and nails done for my high school graduation.

This quickie post is completely unplanned - a friend of mine had posted a very sentimental Facebook status about how our graduation was only a year ago and it put me into a slight shock! I can't believe that was already so long ago, it feels like I was in high school just yesterday.

Anyways, moral of the quickie post: sometimes, even if it's not planned, choose to do something because it brings a smile of pure joy to your face (in case you can't tell, this post is one of mine!). 

xx

Catch you next time.

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A Little Fun at the John Lennon Wall

Oh the places you can find when you're just wandering around the city...

How awesome is this? This Czech guy stands by the wall and sings basically every song on my playlist plus the amazing Beatles' songs, of course!

Here's an extra funny one because I sadly do not have any posed photos with it, my friend just took it when I wasn't looking and I found it on my Camera Roll!

SADFACE: When I visited the wall again two days later, this was completely spray painted over!

xx

Catch you next time.

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Get Ahold of Your Sails! {A Guest Post by Ariadna}

Well, I am moved into my dorm for the next week (we're going to be moved into our "real" dorms for the rest of the program after this first week) and the program has officially started!

Unfortunately, our dormitory is almost half an hour away from campus so I guess we have the opportunity to learn what it's like to commute since I believe most of us have been on-campus students.

Here we go, another guest post! When I was looking for bloggers to guest post on here during my trip in Prague, Araidna was one of the sweetest and most helpful!

Ariadna is the founder of The Always Believer, with her main goal being to spread the love as far and wide as possible, so throughout her website she writes and shares inspirational stories that are real, honest and helpful for anyone, anywhere. Adding on to these posts, you can find all sorts of other goodies and designs that will bright up your day, any day of the week. Be sure to join in on the fun and spread the love too! 

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Get Ahold of Your Sails!

Guest Post by Ariadna

Hi there!

I wanted to share with you this quote by Jimmy Dean: “I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” It is a quote I hold dear to my heart because for me, this is what life is all about. As far as I can quickly tell you, my life hasn't been all sunshines and rainbows. As a child, I had an life full of travels and worries. Moving out by the age of 17 and making the world my own, I've started my life journey young. And moving forward, I have learned through trial and errors the walk of life.

Moving onward to this quote, as I continued to grow by myself in any kind of situation, this sentenced helped mold me to who I am. I've ofter learned the hard way that I needed to adjust my own sails in life. You see, most of the time I would just sit down on any boat that came along thinking that was the best I could do. Yet, nope, time and time again the boat became rocky and took to big waves and endless thunderstorms.

I've been traveling the best way I could since 10, so this patterned seemed like old news to me. And then, I was about 24 or 25 years old, pretty late in my game for all I know, I took this sentence again and opened my eyes even more. Every single moment that I've been in trouble or in a rainstorm, it had depended on me sail into smoother seas. A few years down the road and tons of other turns and twist, I am now settled into a new port. This one is still pretty new to me, new place, new faces and most of all, new life goals. I didn't let my past refine me or go where the sea took me, I opened my eyes and listened to myself.

And back to this quote: “I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” That is how I live my life, I adjust the sails, I make them my own and I make sure I reach my destination. No matter big steps or small, no matter what part of my destination I am getting to, I make sure I make it the one I want.

What is your intake on this quote by Jimmy Dean? Is there a quote that you identify with?

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It's hard for a meticulous and organized person to learn how to adapt to their surroundings, but sometimes it's more than worth it!

xx

Catch you next time.

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Prague Castle, St. Vitus Cathedral, and St. Charles Bridge

Hey lovelies!

Here are some more pictures from my first day exploring in Prague with Alysa (my Community Advisor from this past year) and her friend/my new friend Dan (fun fact: Dan has worked at the last FOUR SuperBowls - how cool is that?!).

After checking out Old Town Square, we sort of decided to aimlessly walk around a little bit, soak in the city and decide what to do next. We ended up crossing the St. Charles Bridge and heading on a slight hike to visit Prague Castle.

As you can tell from the first picture, Prague is a pretty breathtaking city!

Inside Prague Castle is the St. Vitus Cathedral, which was absolutely stunning - I was really glad I was able to take a few good pictures of some of the stain glass windows. Can you imagine what it would have been like creating them piece by piece?

One of the awesome things is that we ha an opportunity to climb up one of the spires in the Cathedral! It was really cheap and well worth going up the 65 meters!

Just take a look at the view of the St. Charles Bridge from one of the parallel bridges!

While crossing the St. Charles Bridge, we noticed that a heritage dance performance was being put on. It was really nice to watch the performance - dance is a universal language, and those performers spoke it beautifully.

A few of the statues on the St. Charles Bridge were removed for restoration, but here's one that wasn't!

Have you just discovered my trip? Be sure to follow along on Instagram and check out #TheSWPrepTravels to see all kinds of things from my adventures!

xx

Catch you next time.

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