Arrival & First Day
6月28日, チェコ共和国 ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
Today was our very first day in Prague! My flights over here started a little rocky, with my flight out of Pittsburgh getting canceled. While very stressful, the cancelation may have been a blessingもっと詳しく
Karlštejn Castle
6月29日, チェコ共和国 ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
Today we made the trip slightly out of Prague to Karlštejn Castle. Built in the 14th century, this castle was known as the holding place of the crown jewels.
The first picture was taken inside theもっと詳しく
Vyšehrad
7月1日, チェコ共和国 ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
As you may or may not notice, there is a brief hiatus between posts, with a day being skipped. There is nothing to post for yesterday as I spent it solely in my dorm battling against illness. I quiteもっと詳しく
Morning Cafe and Lennon Wall
7月2日, チェコ共和国 ⋅ ☀️ 93 °F
Today we had ethics class in a cafe. The cafe is owned by our Professor's daughter and sits in the courtyard of their house. We went there specifically because this house has a long history involvingもっと詳しく
St. Vitus Cathedral & Old Royal Palace
7月2日, チェコ共和国 ⋅ ☀️ 93 °F
After our morning at the cafe and Lennon Wall, we toured Prague Castle. While mostly a historical site now, Prague Castle is still used in government today and offers a residential unit for the Czechもっと詳しく
St. George's Basilica & Golden Lane
7月2日, チェコ共和国 ⋅ ☀️ 93 °F
Still at Prague Castle, we then ventured to St. George's Basilica and the Golden Lane. The Golden Lane houses many shops and cafes and was mentioned in stories of old.
The castle dungeon and jailもっと詳しく
Parish Visit
7月3日, チェコ共和国 ⋅ ☁️ 79 °F
Today for class we traveled about an hour outside of Prague to visit an old priest. The priest had previously worked at Charles University, the school Loyola has partnered with to do this program, butもっと詳しく
Prague Free Day
7月4日, チェコ共和国 ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
Today we were supposed to go on a tour of Prague's municipal building but there was a power outage throughout Prague, so that got rescheduled. Instead, we had a free day to explore.
We went to aもっと詳しく
Český Krumlov
7月5日, チェコ共和国 ⋅ 🌙 55 °F
Today we took a train about 3 hours outside of Prague to this storybook town called Český Krumlov. The town sits in a valley, surrounded by a small river, with a castle overlooking it from theもっと詳しく
Český Krumlov Castle
7月5日, チェコ共和国 ⋅ 🌙 55 °F
In the afternoon, I had a tour of Český Krumlov Castle. As part of tradition, the bears from the bear moat are eventually preserved and turned into rugs or statues. This practice dates back to theもっと詳しく
Český Krumlov Day 2
7月6日, チェコ共和国 ⋅ ☁️ 82 °F
Today was mostly just a travel day as we went back to Prague. We had a little bit of time in the morning before our train, so I decided to go to a cute café and grab some breakfast. I ordered eggsもっと詳しく
Municipal House
7月7日, チェコ共和国 ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
Today we attended the rescheduled tour of the Municipal House, which I discovered is not, in fact, a municipal building, but rather a concert hall whose name happens to translate to "municipal" inもっと詳しく
Astronomical Clock and Czech Wine
7月8日, チェコ共和国 ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
Today after class, I decided to visit the famed Astronomical Clock of Prague. It was built in 1410 and is not your average clock, even by today's standards. Not only does it tell time, but the clockもっと詳しく
Arriving in Kraków, Poland
7月10日, ポーランド ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
Today, we took the 7-hour train ride to Kraków, Poland. We arrived later in the evening, so not much sightseeing was done.
One of the first things we did after we got settled in was go out toもっと詳しく
Rynek Underground
7月11日, ポーランド ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F
Today we had a free day in Kraków, so I decided to go to an underground museum. The museum was called Rynek Underground and had exhibits on medieval Poland. The museum was underneath the main townもっと詳しく
Wieliczka Salt Mine
7月11日, ポーランド ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F
After Rynek Underground, I toured a salt mine. This mine is over 750 years old and stopped performing as an active salt mine as recently as the 90s. Underground, there were many statues made entirelyもっと詳しく
Auschwitz I
7月12日, ポーランド ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F
Today was both mentally and physically draining as we did a 6 hour long tour of Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II (Birkenau).
The tour started in Auschwitz I, originally built as a Soviet POW camp, andもっと詳しく
Auschwitz Birkenau
7月12日, ポーランド ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
For the second half of the tour, we were in Auschwitz II, Birkenau. To get there, we took a 5-minute shuttle bus from Auschwitz I.
We started by entering 2 residential buildings. The bunks in theもっと詳しく
Food & Drink
7月14日, ポーランド ⋅ ⛅ 81 °F
I don't have many pictures from today or yesterday as yesterday was a travel day and today was just class and settling back in, but I do have some pictures of foods and a drink that I tried.
Ourもっと詳しく
Communism Tour & Nuclear Bunker
7月16日, チェコ共和国 ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F
Today for my one class, we did a communism tour. Our tour guide took us around to various spots throughout the city where the anti-communist movement protested.
We then took a tram to a differentもっと詳しく
Semtěš & Bone Church
7月18日, チェコ共和国 ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F
Today we had a little "graduation" ceremony to celebrate the completion of our ethics class. We saw bunnies that live at the university building next to the seminary, which were very cute.
I thenもっと詳しく
Ghost Tour
7月20日, チェコ共和国 ⋅ ☁️ 84 °F
Tonight I did a walking ghost tour of Prague. I saw parts of the city I hadn't seen before and certainly heard new stories.
Some haunted spots included a house where a woman had to watch her son getもっと詳しく
Rückl Glass
7月21日, チェコ共和国 ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
Today we toured a local Czech glass company, Rückl. This company makes some of the best crystal glass in the world. We got to see each step of the glass-making process, glass blowing, cutting, andもっと詳しく
Ljubljana, Slovenia
7月23日, スロベニア ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
Today I arrived in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. As part of this study abroad experience, we're required to do some independent travel. Since today was a bit of a travel day, after I had settledもっと詳しく
Ljubljana Castle & Boat Tour
7月24日, スロベニア ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
Still in Ljubljana, today I decided to take the funicular up the hill to tour Ljubljana Castle. The first known settlers of this area built a fort atop this hill overlooking the Ljubljana River, whichもっと詳しく











































































































































































































































































































旅行者
Just to let you know, dumplings are not made of bread in the US either. I think you've had them like once and you didn't like them so I never made them again. 🤣
旅行者
Looks delicious!
旅行者This is SO fun to see your pics & hear about the trip!! Sitting in Premium is definitely the way to go so I’m glad you got that. The food looks amazing; I’d love it if you keep sharing pics of food and all of the fun things! Xoxo