I suppose this is one of the best ways to keep people who care to know, care to read, or simply care to surf in their free time, updated as to happenings of my insignifigant mundane banal life in Mlada Boleslav. Care to read on? Life in Mlada is starting out slow, as it does in any city where you know no one, it just so happens, I can barely communicate with the population as well, which doesn't help.
Today I opened my first bank account in the Czech Republic, which leaves me with the distinct impression that I am a 'real' person. I have started a paper trail here, including work visa doccuments, business liscence and now...a bank account. The bank was strangely decorated, straight from the 80's with a large plastic/glass/gold sculpture in the middle of the foyer. Behind the receptionists desk was an electronically rotating file cabinet system. That's right folks, no computer records here. Thank god they have on-line banking. Supposedly, the CR has outrageous banking fees, but of course, none of this information was legible...all of the pamphlets were in Czech...didn't stop me from signing on the dotted line.
Standing in line to make my first deposit, I realized, I really should practice my numbers. This could get hairy. My czech teacher's name is Clara. She's a landscaper who learned English living in the UK with her husband doing commercial landscaping. She's tall and has long dark hair, clear skin and a huge smile for me whenever I try to use my new czech vocabulary. Turnov is her home town, 15 km from here...I wish she would take me home for the weekend. I'm already getting stir crazy thinking about it.
more soon...I might actually retro-post from some of my travel journals over the last 4 months..we'll see how motivated I am.
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