On Wednesday Vaida and I finally went to Vyšehrad, the location that - according to the legend - was the origin of the first settlement which later became Prague.
It is a castle which was probably built in the 10th century and is situated on a hill over the Vltava river which provides a great outlook over the city.
First we discovered the surroundings:







Then we went on to have a look at the cemetery which was established in 1869, it is the final resting place of many composers, artists, sculptors, writers as well as scientists and politicians.
The cemetery itself looked so peaceful with all the fresh snow and many tombs and headstones are simply work of art as you can see here:





Smetana's Grave:









Dvořák's Grave:









Even outside the cemetery there was some art to be found :) :



After that we walked back to the city centre where we stopped by at K4 to warm up a bit, it's one of my favourite bars here:



We finished the day by walking over Charles Bridge (you can see the castle in the background) and enjoying the view:





On the next day Vaida had to leave :(((, so I helped her to carry her luggage to the train station. This is the last photo I took of her and you can also see what the typical dorm room here looks like:





Saying goodbye to her was hard since we shared a lot of good memories, but I'm sure it was not a "goodbye", but a "see you" and I'm already looking forward to see her again :).


Regarding my future plans... As most of you know by now I prolonged my stay here, so now I will return to Germany at the end of June. There are many reasons for this change of plans including the fact that most of the friends I made here are staying for a year and I'm just having a really good time, but I also won't lose any time regarding my studies and there are plenty of interesting subjects offered in the summer semester.
I'm also looking forward to seeing Prague in spring (no more snow, yeah!) and strolling through all the parks...
Since I'll be moving to my flatmate's room next door in March I will have plenty of space, so feel free to come over and visit me! :)

Moreover, I also applied for a Clinical Internship abroad this summer (as mentioned in one of my latest entries) and I got a place in SWITZERLAND!
Yeah, not as exotic as Ghana, but there was only one (!) for the whole of Germany, so I'm rather proud and I'm sure I'll have a great time there.
I don't know yet where the internship will take place or which discipline will be offered to me, but I put Bern, Zürich and Basel as well as Paediatrics, Tropical Medicine, Intensive Care and Oncology (in this order) on my list - I will let you know as soon as I have any news :).

So what's happening in your lives? TELL ME! (I mean it... It would be nice if some of you would contact me and/or reply to my mails on a more regular basis... :/)