Presentation Day

Today I had my group presentation on the Nuremberg trials.  It was on the book written by Joseph Persico, a very famous historian and biographer.  We ended up doing a good job and were able to make our presentation be the full 2 1/2 hours.  Unfortunately, there were people in our group who didn't read the book and made themselves look really stupid.  Not to mention, they made our whole group look disorganized which pissed me and one of my other group members off.  We're thinking of discussing it with the professors.  

After our presentation the student advisor/RA for our group took me to the U.S. Embassy so that I could work on replacing my passport.  We got there at like 12:30 and it turns out their lunch break is from 11:30 until 2, and only if it's an emergency can you come after 2.  So we went to the police station with our trusty interpreter (Dasa, pronounced Dasha) to file a police report.  Too bad that it's in Czech and I don't speak Czech but I have it just in case!  Then it turns out that you have to pay $100 to get a replacement passport.  So we had to go to the Bankomat (ATM) and get money... not mine of course!  But luckily, I am also getting the money thing taken care of so it's being fixed.  Anywho, we got to the embassy and we only had to wait maybe 45 minutes for them to tell me that I will be able to pick it up tomorrow.  Hooray!

When I got back to our hotel I went with some friends to go shopping so they could get something to wear for my birthday tomorrow for dinner.  Forgot to mention, my friend Lindsay, and roommate, gave me some money and that made me very happy :) She is a sweet girl!  Back to shopping, we found some stuff for people and then we ate at Subway because we were all having a hankering for some American food.  It was some of the best Subway I have ever had.  Then I asked the girls if we could go to the bookstore to find me a new journal to start back writing in and it turns out, they were planning to buy me one for my birthday as a surprise!!! Even though I ruined the surprise on accident, it was so sweet because they knew how upset I was that I lost my journal.  Love them!  And then, they bought me a new wallet because I don't have one of those either!  Ah, such good friends.  Can't get it until tomorrow but that's ok!  Until next time...