Day 14

I called Dad today. He sounded good, but I could tell that he was getting a little emotional. I had a plan on how long I would call, but I talked too long anyway. We discussed my trip: How life was like here and such, what I have already done as well as my future plans. I talked mostly, but he jumped in every once and a while. It was really good to hear his voice again. I missed it more than I imagined.

Today I accomplished a lot. I looked up the names of friends on the Northwest Missouri State VAX mainframe and wrote my sister Nicole and friend Jennifer Brant. I also met an exchange student from Iowa. Her name is Virginia. She graduated in May and will teach English on the high school level. She graduated with a double major of English and Japanese. She has only been here two weeks and can understand Czech better than I can after one semester. Life is not fair.

Tomorrow, Martinia will take us into the mountains near Ostrava. It sounds interesting.

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The British boys will be going home tomorrow evening. I will miss them. I should be getting to bed. I have an early morning.