“and no, not every restaurant we first stop at will be Italian”- Dr LaFrance
Prague, CZ: Our coach pulled up to Prague at 5:15 p.m. earlier today. After dinner we checked into our hotel. Rolling up my roommates and I rolled into a room with just one queen sized bed and a couch. After some sorting out of issues we were able to get an additional bed.
The following day we continued our Comparative Economic Systems class (with Dr. Koch) in the Pyramida Hotel. Fun fact- the country was run by Soviets until the 1980’s. Here we continued our learning with the French economy, president Macron’s policies, and the Soviet Union. Interestingly there were many similarities between his and Trump’s ideologies-i.e. tax cuts for the wealthy and lowering corporate income tax.
Following class we got to meet the lovely Dana Ertlova. Meet Dana:
This woman is a flat out gem of a human being. (*gold star emoji)
She was born into a Soviet run Czech Republic. So although she wanted to be a medical doctor, women were not permitted to study medicine. Lucky for us- she choose the only career available to her: economics. We explored Prague under her wings.
he was born into a Soviet run Czech Republic. So although she wanted to be a medical doctor, women were not permitted to study medicine. Lucky for us- she choose the only career available to her: economics. By lucky I mean we got to benefit from her vast knowledge of how Soviet control shaped the countries current political system.
After the tour people either explored further on headed back to the hotel.
The next day we had the pleasure of meeting two member of the US embassy who were stationed in the Czech Republic. Douglas Marrow of the US State Department was a lovely personality who was extremely passionate about his work in the “Propaganda” department-as he calls it.
On the final two days I explored the city some more on my own and just soaked in all the culture I possibly could in the limited time we had in this wonderful city.
Tomorrow we will head out on the coach bus through Germany and into Austria.
Next up…Insburg, Austria. I hear its got some beautiful mountains.
Peace,
Hannah Reed
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