  Hello Everyone,  This week I was host to a guest in my room. nbsp;  He was aways bugging me and drinking lots. nbsp;  Yes that's right folks I played host to a mosquito.
nbsp;  And when I finally squished him in between my hands last night I got the best night's sleep all week long. nbsp;  I also have the biggest bites as a result. nbsp;  They look like extra limbs.
nbsp;  And to complain just a bit more the weather has been extremely hot. we've been topping at 30 degrees since Saturday. nbsp;  I can honestly say I've gotten a couple of& nbsp;
shades darker. nbsp;  July 16/ 04-  took Ayesha to meet Ostrava trainees and to introduce her to Stodolni Street. nbsp;
 Everyone was so quiet and tired that I felt bad that Ayesha didn't get a good impression of them. nbsp;  They really are a great bunch of people. nbsp;  We did however go to Stodolni but with only 2 of the 10 trainees. nbsp;
 And by the end of the night Ayesha was making out with Rene ( Dutch) nbsp;  July 17/ 04-  went to Cesky Tesin (
Czech side)  and crossed the border to Cieszyn ( Polish side) nbsp;  Ayesha and I walked around went into this amazing church. looked like a abandoned building from the outside but turned out to be so beautiful in the inside.
see looks are deceiving! nbsp;  They had paintings and statues throughout the church. nbsp;  I wanted to take a picture but I would feel so bad especially since there were people and nuns in the corner& nbsp;
having some sort of& nbsp; prayer service. nbsp;  After that we ventured to this cute little bakery and had coconut macaroons and other cookies. nbsp;
 We then went to this viewing spot of Cieszyn. nbsp;  Since Cieszyn is so small ( we saw everything in the city within 2 hours)  we headed back to Karvina to watch a movie. nbsp;
 Yes we saw Shrek 2. nbsp;  It was great and it looked funny. looked funny? nbsp;  Unlike the previous movies I've seen this one&
nbsp; was not in English with Czech subtitles but it& nbsp; was dubbed in Czech. nbsp; nbsp;
nbsp;  So when I get home I want to see it in English. nbsp;  I felt bad,  however,  because this was the first movie Ayesha saw in the Czech Republic and it was in Czech!
nbsp;  Oh well I did learn& nbsp; for next time that I& nbsp; need to&
nbsp; ask& nbsp; nbsp; cesky dabing"  July 21/
04-  Work has been good. nbsp;  Mrs.  Grafova gave me a new task of coming up with ideas for a marketing event for SEAT. nbsp;
 As the SEAT showroom has only been adveraging 6 cars per month whereas Skoda,  VW,  Audi do about 60- 80 or more in one month each. nbsp;  So after I asked her some questions I found out the cars&
nbsp; are& nbsp; targeted to families but it is& nbsp; very expensive and has a small trunk.
nbsp;  So with that information I came up with some ideas and Tuesaday I presented them but somehow I felt it wasn't quite what she wanted. nbsp;  She said they were good ideas but the look on her face seemed disappointed. it's like she had higher expectations for her English speaker from Canada with her university marketing degree. nbsp;
 So feeling sad and upset I went back to Karvina and took a bus and sat on it and rode around the city. which turned out to be a good idea because I got to see areas of Karvina I didn't know about like there's outdoor swimming pool and another place to do grocery shopping.  July 21/ 04-  My boss Mrs.  Iveta Grafova,
 Mrs.  Elen Grafova ( bosses sister and marketing director at Auto Heller)  and Ivo Horinek ( bosses assistant)  headed to view a potential area to host the family event for SEAT.
nbsp;  It was actually pretty cool with miniature buildings from various EU countries like Italy's leaning tower of Pisa,  London's Big Ben,  Rome's Coliseum,  etc. nbsp;
 And the manager there spoke perfect English and just had a ball talking to me and translating the entire meeting. nbsp;  Mrs.  Iveta Grafova found& nbsp; it funny that he said "
par- dee" a very southern American accent of saying " party. nbsp;  Turns out he goes to Orlando,
 Florida once every year. nbsp;  Check out the website for urlLink www. miniuni. cz and is available in English as well.  July 22/
04-  Funny thing happen when I went running on this day. nbsp;  Lately whenever I go there are these young children ( about 9- 12 years of age)
 who are always yelling things at me in Czech. nbsp;  I've always thought these kids are so rude yelling at someone they don't know. nbsp;  Well this time they were following me back to the dorms and waving. nbsp;
 And it turns out they were yelling " Marion Jonesova,  Marion Jonesova! nbsp;  They think I'm Marion Jones running in their neighbourhood. nbsp;
 So I'm a celebrity. pretty funny,  eh? nbsp;  And later that night we went for dinner at this Mexican restaurant and Alenka ( MC team)
 was there. nbsp;  After a delicious Mexican meal we headed for some bowling where I was the two time champion. nbsp;  And then& nbsp;
it was trainees against AIESECers,  and guess who won. that's right trainees! nbsp;  And even though I thought the night was over by time we got& nbsp;
back to the dorms we ended up eating cake,  reading magazines,  and drinking wine. nbsp;  It was a great evening! nbsp;
Check out the urlLink pictures !  And I think I will move into the trainee flat in Karvina. nbsp;  I finally found out that the rent will be 2, 000 - Kc which is the same amount I am paying now at the dorms but Milanko told me that in the fall it will increase to 2,
600 - Kc. nbsp;  See how things are starting to make sense. nbsp;  However,
 I am still looking into moving to the Ostrava hotel with the trainees that are there. nbsp;  They pay 1,  800 - Kc per month,  have access to a kitchen,
 and free laundry services. nbsp;  It would also cut down on my travelling costs if I move there. nbsp;  So I have Lucie looking into finding out if there are any available rooms there. nbsp;
 Keep your fingers crossed!  Well that concludes this weeks update but stayed tuned for next week Gerd's,  the Austrain trainee,  arrival to Karvina and the Ann's Fair that we are all attending on Sunday July 25,  2004.  Kisses,
 Simone 
