du vin s.v.p.

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Today as soon as I got into my Art History class the teacher said “allons-y” and we all left to walk around the town and talk about the architecture. We went to this building that is now used for offices of some sort where they had the most amazing plafonds (ceilings) I’ve ever seen. They were from the 16^th or 17^th century and they were done entirely in plaster. They were incredibly elaborate and ornate and wonderful. I wish I had my camera with me, but I didn’t. I think I’m really going to like that class.

Last night we had a wine tasting. I feel tres classy and adult. It was really fun and ended up being at the house of one of the girls in my bible study. She’s an expert wine taster, she went to school for it. They asked us to tell them what flavours we tasted and they gave us a wheel that all the pros use that pinpointed many of flavors that we could possibly taste. This wheel included 3 sections that got more and more detailed as it went out.

After we completed the 5 S(es?, how do you pluralize the letter used to pluralize??) (See, swirl, sniff, sip, and swallow) we could decipher the flavors and our score for the wine. We recorded our results on an official chart:

I was sitting next to my Chicagoan friend Marisa and we had a lot of fun. We would do our 5 s(es) and then consult with each other our results which were always “fruity…like grapes….and alcohol.” Needless to say, I think we were always right. Apparently wine tasting is an art form that I will never grasp, and I’m okay with that.

In other news Uncle Mark called last night. I’m not sure when I’m going to visit but there are several breaks and such and there is always the end of the semester. It’s going to be fun. Also, Katy found some cheap plane tickets for Prague for winter break, so that’s back on. I just really want to get these plans on lock down because I’m getting anxious and I don’t want to be stuck here while there is an entire continent to explore.

peace