For the most part living in Prague was not that different from living in a large city in the U.S. The one thing I hadn’t anticipated was the heat. Summers in Prague can bring all sorts of weather. It can run from warm to cool, but the temperatures usually average in the 70s. We were advised to bring summer clothes, sweatshirts and jackets, and rainwear. This July was unusually hot in Prague, so I never touched the warm clothes I brought. For most of our time in Prague the temperatures were in the mid-90s. It was hot enough that one of the girls in our group had the sole of her sandal melt onto a tram track while she was crossing a street.
Temperatures in the 90s wouldn’t be too different from Greenville except that there is virtually no air conditioning in Prague. Classrooms, dorm rooms, museums–even McDonald’s–are unairconditioned. At first it was hard to sit through lectures, but after a while I adjusted to the heat and it wasn’t too unbearable. Early on I invested in a small fan that made studying and sleeping in my room much more comfortable.
A mist truck cooling off people in Old Town Square