Lé Dorm

The dorm is an interesting combination of ugly design and necessity.  The outside is ugly, the rooms are ugly, the water pressure is terrible and I will have to make a special post just to describe the toilet.  That being said, I could not be happier with the dorms.  I came to Prague expecting and greatly anticipating living in a gross post communist hell hole.  The dorm however is really spacious and perfect for student living.  It is a nice place to come back to after a long day of trekking around and it reminds you that you need to leave again and go experience the more beautiful parts of the city.  It is also interesting to struggle with the occasional cold trickle of a shower, the dorm breakfast (woah) and the always-on hotplate that comes in every room.  

The dorm is especially nice, however, because it is luxurious in comparison to how many other people live in Prague.  The city is still not all that affluent and it is not uncommon for whole families to live in apartments about the size of our suites.  Moreover, most students at Charles University cannot afford to live in the Kolej Komenského.  It is regarded as the nicest of all the dorm accommodations.