Vienna

Vienna. A beacon of art and culture in Europe. I took the four hour bus trip from Prague to this great city with a group headed by my favorite tour guide, Eva, and my Czech teacher, Jana. Our tour of the city began in International Territory, The U.N. The circle of flags in the main …

Lidice & Terezin

There are many towns in the Czech Republic that are worth the day trip. A trip to Lidice and Terezin will bring you to the WWII section of Czech's history, at least part of it. About 30 minutes outside Prague is Lidice, or at least, where Lidice used to be. The Nzis leveled the town …

Czech Out My Pragueress: Entry 11

March 20, 2015 Part of our Czech curriculum is to visit a Czech elementary school and do activities with the kids. That way we help the kids with their English and they help us with our Czech. Take two people that have trouble communicating and both can learn from the experience. The school we went …

Czech Out my Pragueress: Entry 10

March 19, 2015 After my friends and I decided to skip our Montage class today after being emotionally scared last week we decided to head to a well reviewed local place for lunch called Lokal. The waitress there made us practice our Czech consistently, which I appreciated even though it was difficult because I lacked …

Czech Out My Pragueress: Entry 9

March 18,2015 I'll preface this entry with the fact that it is impossible to find graham crackers in the Czech Republic and thus impossible to make a graham cracker crust for my special cheesecake i was hoping to make for my host family. I got the phone call from Bob, Mr. Summer's friend, about me …

Czech Out My Pragueress: Entry 8

March 18, 2015 I got to go inside St. Vitus Cathedral and the whole tour and it seems way bigger than St. Pat's except that it has significantly less seating here. The guy at the ticket counter thought I was Czech ( an event I take with pride that I can pass for a local …

The Czech & Slovak Republics An Abbreviated Liquid Lesson

Now the best way to learn about a culture besides cracking open a history book (or Wikipedia... it's a credible source you aren't writing a paper) is to sit down with some local cuisine. Honestly a tasting is the the best way to go. In a land where beer is cheaper than water (FACT) there …

Czech Out My Pragueress: Entry 7

March 16, 2015 So after a long day of class I was off to the Rudolfinum, backpack and all, to meet up with babička. I think I'll call it babička bonding time. This woman is adorable, always a smile on her face as we try to communicate through small words and charades. It could be …

Czech Out My Pragueress: Entry 6

February 6, 2015 After moaning and groaning to myself of how little time I have during my STUDY abroad time I have chosen to go easy on myself as the coming months and the rest of my life are plenty enough time to see the world and I don't have to and am not expected …