Czech Update

Well, the days finally went fairly quickly, even though the days have been really long. I last talked about Day 2, and it is already Day 6. Wow...
To start, we've done a lot since Day 2. We worked all day Monday and Tuesday gathering data for our designs. It was long and annoying sometimes. We had to do surveying for the sites because there were no contour maps of the city. I spent about 3 hours Monday afternoon in the snow and wind measuring elevations. Not exactly what I imagined.
Tuesday, I assisted another group gather their elevations since my team spent the time drawing out our data. I helped as I could, taking pictures, running errands, etc. However, by Wednesday night, I was thoroughly annoyed at the one person in my group. She was an arrogant B**** that didn't ask for me to help, but instead commanded me. I kinda got vividly annoyed...oh well.
We did have a good time Wednesday before then though. We visited Brno, which is about 2 hours from Slavonice. It is the fourth largest city in the Czech Republic, which means it is even smaller that Pittsburgh. Either way, it was a nice change from the slower life here in Slavonice.
We spent the day with our new teams (no more B****) working on a portion of the city. I like the new team, and actually provided some design input. They are no where near thinking sustainably, but at least I was able to provide a rainwater harvesting system and some other simple measures. I guess I can't ask for much. Honestly, after I left school last night, I walked for about 45 minutes in the snow through the dead city, just thinking. None of the UPenn students really comprehend the meaning. They just design aesthetics, not design sustainable aesthetics. Very infrequently has anyone truly wanted to change this city to be greener, more conscious of people, nor more economically viable. It is all about pretty hardscapes and trees.
Anyway....it is about 2am, and I should leave since we travel to Vienna tomorrow. I can't wait to see it. I overheard we may have time to ourselves. It is possible I will wonder off completely alone and just scope the city for myself. Who knows...