Thursday, June 21, 2012 | Prague, Czech Republic

I am finding it tremendously difficult to process this city, mostly because I am gaping in awe most of the time I'm walking around. What would we do if we never came here, if we spent our summer in New York instead? Beauty is a full-body experience. It's not just that you have to see it to believe it; you have to be in it.

Today was also the first time I almost missed a flight. I guess Geneva had a lot of missed experiences: boarding the plane to Prague in the middle of a huge, lush forest, flying through the Alps, turkey and cucumber sandwiches. Oh well, I was sleeping. But after seeing much of this city today, I don't really care too much.

Here is Aurite's list of what we did today:

• Fred and Ginger! (the dancing buildings from the Wall Street Journal) Thanks, Grandmother!
• Charles Bridge
• Another Bridge (NOT the Most Legii, the other one before that)
• Ate pasta at a caffe in Nove Mestro (New Town)
• Weceslas Square
• Watched Czech Republic vs. Portugal soccer game - a Eurocup semifinal qualifying match (maybe?) - at an English pub
• Old Town Square. That was crazy though because it was packed with sad, drunk Czechs who just watched their soccer team lose on a huge screen in the middle of the city. Also, we got to see the Astronomical Clock Tower lit up at night, which made a wonderful contrast with the wild under-30 crowd.

After spending so much time trying to plan and organize six weeks' worth of travel, I am finding it impossibly overwhelming to think about anything except tomorrow. We have so much to absorb here.