Bohemia.

Prague '08 continues gloriously. Yesterday Alyssa and I rented a paddle boat and cruised around the canal through the city- it was seriously the best weather we could've had and we were eating persimmons, which are delicious and everywhere here. magical. We watercolored ON THE WATER. and got to see Gehry's Fred and Ginger building, which didn't dissapoint except that it looked like it needed a window wash pretty badly. In the afternoon we went to a Mucha exhibit which was really nice and then called it an early night out of exhaustion.
Today was mellow, Prague is so touristy and we felt like we had already exhausted a lot of the free or obvious things to do, so we just cruised around the pedestrian street and poked around in some of the shops. In the afternoon we drank some hot wine, which is also everywhere here, and were trying to figure out where the day should go next. We landed on the fact that we both needed haircuts and that it's generally a very expensive think to do back in Copenhagen. So we found an internet cafe, printed out photos of haircuts we wanted and went to HAIR CITY. hahaha. The last time I cut my hair in Copenhagen was at a beauty school and the girl gave me some heavy emo bangs- I could no longer see out of my right eye and they were a little too intense for me. I brought in a picture of Jean Seberg today - very short hair. VERY SHORT HAIR- SHE USED A CLIPPER. but I kinda like it, and it will definately be as low manitenance as it could possibly be.
Alyssa and I bought some cheap pasta to cook for dinner and my stomache tells me its time. Barcelona awaits tomorrow.

czech yoself before you wreck yoself.

praha-first full day here.

magical!

My travel buddy Alyssa and I went to the city center and wandered around. all the buildings look like layered cakes. we went up to the top of the tower fortress for the original old city and saw everything from above. there's a lot of flavor here - so different from scandinavia - like if Russia met France, got married settled down and pumped out a baby, it would be Praha. more ornate in general and famous for sweet things like marionette puppets and juniper liquor that's supposed to be good for your health.
We were sooo lucky with the weather today-perfect! We stumbled across this art store and went in because my pen that i had been using to sketch had dried out. the store was really special. the building was really small and cramped and art supplies were shoved in every possible place and hanging over your head. it reminded me of the wand shop in Harry Potter. Alyssa needed to buy some watercolors for when she goes to Mallorca next week with school, and i decided to buy some as well, because they were relatively cheap (like everything here) and I had forgot mine. So we spent the afternoon perched on a bench sitting in the sunshine, facing the Charles Bridge and sketching/watercoloring. It was fantastic. Then we came home and cooked dinner in our hostel which is pretty nice. and full of Australians. Tonight I think we may try out a bar that is apparently the exact replica of the hangout in Beverley Hills 90210. haha. prahaha.

ahh.

lack of photos is due to lack of a sufficient amount of time on my computer. got back from sweden/finland tonight. praha tomorrow. this break has been amaaaaazing so far. and i have a feeling its going to stay that way....

woo.

Had my review today, it went well. Now only two tests lie and a pile of laundry lie between me and three weeks of traveling. I'm so excited.

I'm sad this photo didn't turn out. This guy's bike had two kids nestled in the front in a shark face.

My roommates were cookin' up some tasty grub in our tiny little kitchen.

Lamp at the Oslo Arch + Design Center.
Anther Oslo lamp- so cool- oversized desk lamp. 

Project Dos.

Renderings for my project due tomorrow morning - it's been keeping me pretty busy, but I'm actually enjoying myself.

The yellow thing is a big ol' lantern dividing the stairwell. Our site is 4 stories and it spans from ground to roof. Where it meets the roof is a skylight and where it meets the basement floor is LEDs so that it can glow 24 hours. wooo.

The last of Oslo.

Vigeland Sculpture Park.

It was out of control.

ouch.

angry baby.

The best one, the baby kicker.

complicated.

ahah these kids were climbing all over everything.

I had a go. 

Apparently, Oslo gets a beautiful fall.

Raining with sunshine.

Fjords on the way out.

Loverly.

Little Norwegian trailor park in the bottom left corner there.

ok.

I think I got an internship today. Working with this group of artists, Superflex helping them with their upcoming exhibitions. It will be pretty interesting I think. The interview was kinda funny, because I was really lost and had to keep calling them to find their building and then when I finally did, it turns out I was just around the corner the whole time - and then during the interview my phone went off twice. But despite all that, we jived pretty well. They are young, and very philosophical, so it should be interesting. They have this project, called SuperGas that is why they look caught my attention in the first place.

http://www.superflex.net/tools/supergas/

It's not really art in the normal sense. Its more socially oriented and doesn't really have any one artist or a signature or any particular medium. But they went to the Danish Royal Academy of Art and approach it with that training. Ultimately, it's supposed to inspire discussion, and is very conceptual. I think I will mainly just be doing graphic design stuff for them, but any experience is good experience as far as I'm concerned, and I like that it is so different then anything I've done before. I start November 3rd, because I am leaving so soon for my eurotour and will be gone for three weeks. And then will only work for about two months. Such a short time but who can say no to free and eager labor? Not a group of young artists....That was my whole angle. haha. Hopefully it will work out.

More Oslo.

Sweet tourist center.

The main walking street.

 Santa playing his music box.

So much licorice.

Kunst(art)

Fall.

+ Mobiles.

Design Center.

Used to be an old power plant.

But now is just super sweet.

Rain on da rooof.

Oversized desk lamp.

Ahh  this was so cute- Selling pancakes on the street.

 I felt weird about taking this picture. haha. 

Faaaaashion.

Oslo!

Ahh I LOVE the windmills.

That little spec is a sailboat-they are HUGE!

Aboard the ferry. 

Cruisin' through the fjord.

Hollah!

What our room would've been like if we'd had a window. haha.

Oslo Opera House.

The harbor and our boat, the Pearl of Scandinavia.

The opera house was AMAZING!

Cause you could walk all over the roof.

Inside the opera house.

Tres cool.

Shag carpet on the furniture. 

Even the bathrooms were cool!

Little kids were sliding down the back wall.

People on the roof peering into the atrium.

haha. we were all Architecture and Design kids and got a little outta control climbing all over this building.

More soon.